Though I’m now quite old myself <br />And mom’s only <br />a warm memory <br /> <br />I still avoid stepping on cracks <br />I suspect there yet remains... <br />A little boy inside of me <br /> <br />Same thing…tho’ an America style haiku <br />Still can’t step on cracks… <br />In me… still a boy… can’t be <br />Breaking mother’s back<br /><br />David Whalen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sidewalk-cracks-and-mother-s-backs/
