She leans over the stick, Hefting her full weight and thumping --step by step-- across the room.
Once, she used to gallop lightly. She ran track, played basketball. She always assumed that life would bring her marvelous deeds, That time would equate to glory and fame. But the clock ticked the minutes away. Days passed, Years flew by.
Glory and fame never came.
Instead, age crippled her once lithe body. And the deeds she accomplished were wondrous only to her own Failing Eyes. For she rejoiced every time she made it, --step by step-- Cane in hand, Across the room.