Her Legs

You wouldn't think.
You wouldn't think legs
would weigh much, particularly
these ones, withered
as they are. People starve
for legs like these, except
not exactly these.
no one passing by
looks jealously at them. Atrophied
muscles and acres
of nerveless skin would be highly fashionable
if they could support weight. Instead
they are carefully positioned
in scooters and chairs, dragged
behind walkers. She
has MS, and as we
slowly
get her upstairs, one

step
at a time, she pulling
her body up, I wrestling
with her awkward, heavy, unbending legs
I think
she is beautiful in all the wrong ways
for all the wrong reasons