for Roza
Your hindfoot possesses both a talus
and calcaneus (your foot’s largest bone).
Your midfoot touts a quintet, stout fortress
forming your arch—shock absorber for stone
or any harsh surface. The forefoot’s where
joints get tricky: those five proximal long
bones forming the metatarsus. I swear,
a misstep could crack the instep, a wrong
turn could infirm the entire team (you know
what I mean). Here’s my point: Though I’m not sure
just where your foot’s close-knit family showed
a separation (I’m no doc), one cure
I know is this (not for the foot per se,
but your whole self): I bow my head and pray.
Roger
November 19, 2014
