watching my step ...

a few years back

 after a snowfall 

i took a tumble down 

these very stairs

for a long while after

i walked to the express station at 72nd street

to avoid another fall

like that woman 

when i do go down those stairs

i stay in the middle

i know 

it seems 

as if 

it would make 

more sense

 to

 hold onto the hand rail

but

thats where/what i was doing 

when i fell

there's a tread there on the right thats skewed

the heel on my snowboots caught

pitching me forward

since i was holding at the time

 i really twisted oddly

 avoiding 

somehow

 smashing my face 

landing on my knees

i have a scar on my shin 

its a reminder 

to stay alert 

and

 watch my step