Monday poetry: The Runner

by | Oct 21, 2007 | Uncategorized | 4 comments

Since I have officially put my running shoes back on after a very long “try other sports” haitus…

I am Life; I am Motion
Legs like pistons
Lungs like bellows
I am the ultimate machine

There is no Time, no Distance
No Reality but the steady thud-thud
Of feet endlessly running

I am Life; I am Life;
Floating weightless and suspended
Effortless, I run

I am Freedom, I am Motion
Made of iron, breathing fire
The ultimate machine
I am the runner.

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4 Comments

  1. Lisa Andel
    Lisa Andel on October 22, 2007 at 3:31 am

    Effortless, I run

    It’s been a long time since I could say that myself.

  2. Charli
    Charli on October 22, 2007 at 3:44 am

    Ahh, it’s like riding a bicycle. You never forget. You just have to find your rhythm and breathe. *g*

  3. Anne Douglas
    Anne Douglas on October 22, 2007 at 10:08 am

    I’ve a girlfriend who just completed a marathon on the weekend, I’ll have to send her this link I think. She’d like it.

  4. Ann
    Ann on October 22, 2007 at 10:46 am

    Great poem. Running was never my thing, I was more of a cyclist, or a swimmer.