Walking Elsa

Elsa is getting older, 
walking slower, 
wanting to turn around sooner, 
go back home, 
to the comfort of the couch and the cooling air of the ceiling fan.

A few years ago, 
she would pull and try to run, 
anxious to make it to the end of the road, 
smelling the air and barking at cats. 

Now she barely notices them, 
as they lounge on the side of the dirt road. 

Perhaps she is content to let them be because she has realized that they ignore her too?

she knows that she is the queen of the house, 
watching the world go on through the window, 
from her cushioned throne. 

T. Deary 
4/26/24

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