Run, run, run, run

The time to move has just begun

Though to some it may not seem fun

You'll change your thoughts when I am done

Ok, let me paint a picture for you

You are young, energetic, and lively too

You love the grass as it flies past your running shoe

Each rushed breath you breath is life anew

Then suddenly, from out of the grass

A branch sticks out, makes you fall on glass

That step you took would be your last

For a good long while, without a cast

Suddenly, life moves a lot slower now

There's advantages, that fact you'll allow

But that fact will never make up somehow

You see all your friends running, all "faster than thou"

You long for the feel of wind in the hair

All you can do, is train and prepare

Go through physio and hell, as others just stare

Wondering what could push someone to so powerfully care

Day turn to weeks turn to months turn to a year

Your inner thoughts turn to your greatest fear

All you want to do is not be stuck here

You want to run so bad as you fight back a tear

The day you're allowed to jog blows your mind

The first steps beyond a walk in a long long time

But you dare not go faster, commit that crime

Indulge in the speed you so want to find

It's here, finally, the day of speed

Its certainly been waiting a long time indeed

The day finally, when you fulfill your need

Gets set, get ready, and now I've planted the seed

I hope you can see now what I have done

Go out, enjoy it. I promise you'll have fun

Have I inspired you at all since I first begun?

Do you finally see, what a beautiful thing it is to run?

You lucky thing.

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