All’s Swell that Ends Swell

Story of a Recuperation

Just three days ago, while recuperating from having my worn out “factory”-installed hip replaced with a shiny new aftermarket part, I experienced the following.

 All’s Swell that Ends Swell

Sitting in the springtime sun.
Just hanging, relaxing, kicking back.
Feet up – wayyy up. 
Unswelling post-surgical swelling. 

No kvetching. 
Just stretching sore sinews.
Of a sudden, 
a sign of good news soars out of the blue!

Streaking straight at me,
Hawk skirts deftly the limbs and twigs of 
grey alders greening b'yond the back fence,
then rises and passes just over my head.

Emotions upwelling, I am left kvelling. 
How swell is this time of unswelling!