The human body is a marvel.
Blood flowing,
oxygen pulsing
lungs expanding.

Every single moment,
the human body
is at work.

At times,
illness lays
the body low,
injury renders parts unusable.

Yet,
time is the body’s greatest foe.

The human body
is not intended
for immortality.
A brilliant mind
continues to calculate
when the body is too weary
to rise.

Memories of mountain hikes,
skipping as a child,
running to a loved one
play on a loop
when one’s two legs
can no longer bear the weight.”

Aging is not gentle for the fittest of bodies.
Toward the end,
it is essential
to nourish the mind and soul,
for regardless the state
of one’s mortal vessel,
the heart remembers.