Electric wheelchairs are
brought in for maintenance
Parts need to be replaced
Do trees have artificial
limbs?
In the warehouse
the wheelchairs sit and
await repair
Each one has a
ticket with a name
written on it
And a man brings an
electric wheelchair to the
warehouse
He needs help lifting
it
I just had open heart,
he says
We take the wheelchair
from the bed of his
pickup
and the man’s wife sits
in the truck
On the dashboard is
a red pillow in the
shape of a heart
The wheelchair is
for me, she says
And in that truck I
feel love that is shared
by a husband and wife
a beautiful thing
like an open heart
(c) 2023 Tony Robles
