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| Middlecreek Township, January 29, 2015. |
The wind calms and the fields lie still.
A deep mid-winter peace saturates the air.
I had not wanted to run the plowed road.
A day of rest seemed right a day to think
the thoughts of heartbreak defiance ruined love
the usual dark tour of the memory barn.
But i shook it off like a dog shedding snow
laced up my shoes and ran with a stick
false-confident enough to plod in the tracks for a mile
when the body adjusted and the mind lay still
and i ran and i ran and i ran in the snow and now
a deep mid-winter peace saturates the air.
I had not wanted to run the plowed road.
A day of rest seemed right a day to think
the thoughts of heartbreak defiance ruined love
the usual dark tour of the memory barn.
But i shook it off like a dog shedding snow
laced up my shoes and ran with a stick
false-confident enough to plod in the tracks for a mile
when the body adjusted and the mind lay still
and i ran and i ran and i ran in the snow and now
a deep mid-winter peace saturates the air.
