Endurance

Madelene Przybysz

You and I found each other on the running trail.

You said hello and I said hi,

I looked at you and noticed your clothes were tattered like mine,

So I figured that you had been on this trail for quite some time.

We began running together,

Through the miles

We kept a pace

Sharing stories and became comfortable.

But running from what

Became our unknown

You ran from secrets untold

I ran from fear of the future alone.

We were both running against the inevitable time.

Running and running

With no destination

No aspiration

With no plan of conclusion or continuation

You told me that you would never quit

But you did.

You ran with me until your soles wore out.

and I kept running without you

until my soul gave out.