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Runner’s High By Savannah S. Miller
Runner's HighA mile in and I taste the blood in my mouthA ferrous reminder of the journey to go I force air into my lungs with each strideThe body doesn't work like it is supposed to My heart in my shoulder and my fists in my handsBeat against…
A mile in and I taste the blood in my mouth A ferrous reminder of the journey to go
I force air into my lungs with each stride The body doesn't work like it is supposed to
My heart in my shoulder and my fists in my hands Beat against inches of sweat and saliva
It is in the moment where I push myself past breaking That I think that I am dying
I ran a race once—five kilometers in thirty minutes Rewarded with participation trophy and vomit at the finish
Everyone cheered with what air they had left And when my friends hugged me close I felt so lonely
I run on my own now to talk to the trees And when they don't listen I talk to myself
I am slower now than I once was But I am faster than I was before
Sometimes I pass women with their dogs And sometimes other runners pass me
I wonder what they are running away from Going so fast to nowhere at all except
Arbitrary markers like leaning trees and Cars parked on the side of the road
There is an end in sight now past the park Where they found that little boy last spring
His mother had been on the news and now I think I hear her cries on the wind
Begging to go home I cross the two-mile line
Doubled over I catch sight of myself A reflection of a puddle from last night's rain
She is tomato red and sags with exertion and though She hates herself she must admit she's beautiful
Her heart still beats in her chest and her mind Cries victory inside its hardened cage
She's proof that what you can't see Can still hold so much power
I heave in breaths of oxygen I finally get it now
By Savannah S. Miller
Biography:
Savannah S. Miller (she/her) is a queer and disabled writer, theatre artist, and converted Memphian. She was the inaugural Young Playwright in Process through Young Playwrights' Theater in Washington, D.C., as well as a two-time winner of the Eleanor Frost Playwriting Contest. Her works have been published or are forthcoming with Jelly Bucket, Flash Fiction Magazine, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Ambidextrous Bloodhound Press, and others. She is the Director of New Works at Playhouse on the Square and a current MFA student at Augsburg University. Read more at savannahsmiller.com
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