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.



No comments:

Post a Comment