Human / Project-Poem-A-Day: Day 21
Human
He’s tired of running backwards.
All his toes have done is ache,
and the muscles in his arches
feel like snakes in mating dance.
He barely even knows now
what he started running for –
let alone in reverse. Soon he’ll stop.
But there’s motive behind his actions:
he’s seen the future, and tries his best
to avoid that life, so it’s up and down these
city stairs and his neighborhood slopes.
He hasn’t fallen very often,
and all in all feels pretty good.
He isn’t even wearing sneakers,
but wearing loafers hasn’t hurt.
But so far, his whole reason
for starting this whole project now,
doesn’t seem quite as bad
as he imagined then.
There was motive behind his actions:
now he looks foolish, but it’s too late
to avoid that so he may still keep going.
People staring. Make a decision.