runner’s lament

in the beginning it was all I had

if I didn’t get out there and do it I thought I would go mad

day by day I struggled through

stronger, faster, fitter, leaner I got – as you do

with the various groups among the community

I read, wrote, talked, breathed and lived the reality

then one day it hurt and felt so wrong

after ice, rest, consultations, scans

goals, life dreams were taken away – gone

now the hurt and disappointment rides me

I’ve been let down

and seriously with the pain no fun to be around

it was an intimate relationship don’t you see

part of the characterizing lifeblood flows through me

without it I’m not sure who I am meant to be