An Attempt at Push up

                                               It was another just another day in the gym
                                                    I was done with my warm up drills to begin

Out of the blue, my trainer calls out to me

Let’s do a few push ups for the upper body

 

So I got down on the mat in plank position

slowly bending my elbows with trepidation

 

I lowered myself down like a plank of wood

Halfway through, I thought I was doing good

 

‘Great! Now push yourself up’, he shouted

But I was not moving anywhere as expected

 

My arms began to shake like a tree in a storm

My body held no posture whatsoever or form

 

With shoulders shrugging their way to the ears

It is startling how fast the strength disappears

 

My spine was beginning to creak under gravity

both legs were begging me to have some pity

 

‘C’mon! Brace your core’, the trainer bellowed

‘Push the ground down’ he said and I followed

 

But my grit and will were nowhere to be found

I was just an inch away from hitting the ground

 

Gravity had pulled me faster than I’d expected

Without further delay, the gym dust was tasted

 

Face and floor stuck in a way I dare not separate

My heart squeezed & squealed under my weight

 

I could hear my spirit cracking like a phone screen

& my trainer cracking up loud like for a viral meme

 

I gathered my breath, limbs, and will to live together

and bolted before he could ask me to do another!