Two legs
Walking towards a destination
It is a twenty minute journey.
These limbs are affected
by the cold
and weakness the rest of the body has to bear
or has been bearing for that matter
The soles are covered by fragile slippers
new and already repaired ones
The slippers have already accommodated tiny pebbles
somewhere beneath the cloth covering them
It hurts
but the legs have to keep up with the rhythm anyway
The pain is bearable
but evident
Especially when the rhythmic march takes place
The time period between each cycle is too much this time
It is not the pain
but the numbness that is spreading across each limb that has reduced the speed to half
The legs have to continue to keep up with the rhythm anyway
Five minutes seem like fifteen
every minute passing by... with only half the distance covered of the usual
Calves contract...to sustain the strength
There is another five minute journey to cover
But the legs are now getting used to the cycle
and five minutes don't seem to be that long
Until the white building appears...marking the end of the journey
And the arrival of the destination.
