r/OCPoetry•8 yr. ago

What I think about when I run

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A twitching in my legs

A deep desire to move

To feel something alive

To feel something human

Running a pace in front of C.

I hear her breath

Coming into and out of sync with mine

She will be as drenched with sweat as I am

Months later I lay in bed

My arms wrapped around R.

A feeling of joy, not unlike a runner's high

As she told me she loved her hair being played with

As much as I enjoyed playing with it

Or the scratch of her nail

Running down the back of my neck

I was as awkward as the first time I ran

And she could have stretched her legs and left me behind in a few strides

But instead she stayed with me

And paced me around the course

After, I lay with my head and her's tessellated

And though our feet kept moving against each other

I felt that I did not need to run anymore

If she had let me, I would have lain there all Summer

Posted Jul 30, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

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