Just Another Spring Day

I wondered at that pigeon
Hopping along side another
Head held high
A soldier warring for her pride
hiding a limp
I wondered at her
Another passenger
Another pedestrian
In this town
Of eternal winter
And seldom sun
A single legged miracle
All her life a balancing act
And as the bus moved along
I wondered if it was an act at all
Or if somewhere down her one footed life
The brave face stuck
Until all that was left
Was her
Simply a soldier
a Soldier
Warring for her pride