Wanders and Wonders. Stories, poetry, spirituality and photos in a life of recovery and hope.
Monday, 2 March 2020
She Ran - a short poem of escape, despair, and laughter.
A short poem, drawn my life.
She Ran
She ran.
Farther, faster than she had ever dreamed was possible.
To escape herself and her past she swallowed every performance enhancing drug.
She gave everything she had to racing,
Sometimes sprinting, the wind blowing back her hair;
Then painfully stooping, her body conspiring against her.
Eventually, exhausted, she could run no more.
She stopped. Despair mixed with her sweat.
Looking back she noticed how beautiful the mountains had been.
Looking forward she met herself, embraced, and learned laughter.
Labels:
Creativity,
Mental Health,
Poem,
Poet,
Poetry,
Recovery,
Writing
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