Legs of Reality

Sumera Saleem

May 14, 2023

Sometimes, slow swagger synced with mood down,
Sometimes, sharp shuffling feet to hasten the swing of fate,
When we are late.

A few times, to walk the talk, time flexes its muscles
Through the body of our acts and emotions
When we are in motion.

At times, gait is grace when silence maims our expression,
Striding on solid footing, gravity allowing us to gain ground
When we are much grieved and in search of relief.

Legs align in harmony the paradox of movement and stasis
Towards the eyeful of ways spread ahead.

Sumera Saleem is a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, Sargodha University, Sargodha, and a gold medalist in English literature from the University of the Punjab for the session 2013-15. Her poems have appeared in Tejascovido, Langdon Review published by Tarleton State University, USA, Blue Minaret, Lit Sphere, Surrey Library UK, The Text Journal, The Ghazal Page, Pakistani Literature published by Pakistan Academy of Letters, Word Magazine. A few more are forthcoming in international and national anthologies.