Older body parts are the accessories for littler lives: <br />Older arms are the slings to be carried in; <br />Older legs are the stilts to stalk the earth with; <br />Sometimes an older hip is a convenient seat; <br />Older knees are to be energetic on, with the help <br />Of older heels and older toes, found on older feet. <br />An older back is to be heavy on, and is used <br />Like a ferry to go where crouching is necessary; <br />Older ears are the handles with which to guide us there. <br />Older belly buttons exist to be explored in by <br />Little mining fingers, provoking old eruptions; <br />Older hairs are the grasses that get played in, <br />To grow and change colour in little sunshines; <br />Older hands are the rails to practice caution on; <br />Older hearts are clocks to count out curiosities. <br />An older body is something to grow into, <br />And that needfulness is the necessity of older lives.<br /><br />Stug Jordan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/body-parts/
