Pushing
Running,
farther faster harder.
Stretch it, push it.
Break it.
Keep moving never pause for even a
moment, when you’re on the edge
just breathe in through your nose out
through your mouth. A voice
in your mind so calm and soothing. Push
through the sniffles and the sagebrush:
this voice your own.
Never enough
Never fast enough
strong enough
far enough
long enough
good enough
Just one more
step, every downfall
followed by this
mantra this
lie that keeps you going.
It’s the only way, chanting in
your head.You’ll never
make it if you give up
now. You can’t even
think of stopping.
Because once you
do, you
will. Just Stop. And
once you stop you’ll
be done for.
The end will never
come if you never
let it.
This poem is about:
Me
My community