aging

her naked body

hunched over, drying

her legs with a pale,

pink towel

​

her wiry hair dripping

pool water onto the dark tiles

of the Daniel Meyer pool

changing-room floor

​

her skin, thin, sags and collects

under her breasts

around her hips

and above her knees

​

this must be what

it looks like to carry

the weight of the world 

for a lifetime