Marathons,paunches and the art of writing books

Thoughts on reading this post .....(maybe he will write such a book for us dummies....:-)





He runs
swallowing the pain
the pull in the thigh
the doubt in the mind.
She watches,
one eye
on the payasam milk,
needle in hand,
pulling out stitches
to adjust a waistband....


Life's little paunches
are passing things,
testing
the strength
of your mind.....





The dedicated slog,
a celebration of the joints
smooth and shining
in the light
of the glistening sweat....
Like they taught you
as a child,
discipline
is the best puja.

There will be
new years,
new marathons,
new training,
this time
with
your better half,
as she trudges
with you,
a wee step ahead,
to the winning post.

No needles of doubt,
no stitches
No worries
about waistbands....

NO PAUNCHES
at all
in life now....
just huge smiles
at the thought
of some folks
in
Madurai
saying,
Wonderful,
well done,
God bless !