A Dedication To Running
A Dedication to Running
1.)
Running towards peaks
for the sake of a good run
to sweat off poisons.
Legs as pendulums
release energy with stride
beauty of good form.
Our springy tendons
muscle elasticity
while taking a jog.
At least we have legs
or just a human desire
for forward movement.
To wake in morning
to run to the rising sun
feel the chill fresh air.
Allowing humans
to move rapidly on foot
this gait in the air.
Time for a quick sprint
a variety of speeds
run like ancestors.
A distance to go
with a short time to get there
no ride on the road.
To run in a race
worlds most accessible sport
upright on two legs.
Feel a runner’s high
outside in fresh air again
a euphoric state.
Run in woods barefoot
on rocky trail within greener
fresher, cleaner air.
At times to lose breath
from the run or the vast views
these shoes hold mileage.
2.)
Along with each breath
an expansion of my chest
in nose and out mouth.
I have been lucky
multiple roads to run on
leading to mountains.
Endurance running
to out run and exhaust prey
whenever we chased our food.
But make sure you stretch
stretch each muscle till limber
then get up and go!
One foot then the next
into an oblivion
hard concentration.
I examine homes,
one day I will run farther,
return to my porch.
Our running nature
the way of the moon and the stars
movement of seasons.
Within a mid stance
lies one second of our lives
as we move along.
3.)
At the Olympics
athletic ability
or a marathon.
As your hip joint swirls
your knee joint keeping the pace
absorbing impact.
I feel my sweat pool
to stretch out my leg muscles
just a few more yards.
I hear the morning dogs
mix with my excited beat
of my feet and heart.
To running fingers
over the pages of books
to run the numbers.
Wear my running shoes
to pace suburban sidewalks
quiet concrete miles.
Down to stance and swing
to a moments propulsion
through our energy.
When the plantar hits
on the pavement or the ground
a strike of your foot.
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Masterful skill with Haiku and a fine tribute to the athletic sport of running. Well done, Jamie.
Thank you Phyllis. Jamie