The Marathon Ends
Dusk caps its pen over another finish
Running in the legal sense only
my legs weave exhausted metaphors
sweat from my T soaks me
in my self-perceived mediocrity
My feet touch the pavement
like crumpled poems
tossed to the park floor
There is no more within me
Until I see the finish line ahead
and I fall into the arms
of sweet race volunteer
a walking talking muse
who wraps me in a foil blanket
letting my memory rest
(I fell in love with her a little)
Though the race is done at last
the time poor
the pace slow
the miles trekked and cold
safe in my foil blanket
I see how far I have come
17 thoughts on "The Marathon Ends"
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Beautiful metaphor.
Love me some foil blanket.
I have loved reading your writing this month. Thank you for sharing.
Yes …a marathon.
Thank you so much, Coleman. I love your work, too. Next year.
Very, very nicely done. Thanks for all the beautiful and thoughtful poetry this month!
Thank you , Nancy. Next year.
Another keeper, Lee. That “I fell in love with her a little” is priceless.
Thanks, Bill. I knew you were a great and vivid poet. But I didn’t know how great until we did this. What an experience!
I love that first line! Dusk caps its pen. Great job, you did it! 🙂 I have enjoyed reading your poems!
Thank you Chelsie. Your support meant a lot to me this month,
I think a lot of us share this experience with you. So often it feels like the well is dry, there’s nothing left. But mysteriously, there almost always is something left. You never know what’s going rise up from the unconscious or be “received” from the realm of the mysterious. You are an excellent writer, a new discovery this year.
Coming from a fellow journalist, that is a great compliment. Thank you, Linda.
I just hope there’s
another race to run.
Me, too, Z.Z.
I’ve enjoyed reading your thoughtful poems this month!
Thanks, Shaun. And I love how you weave such pastoral poems. Great stuff. Next year?
Yes “dusk caps it pen”—I am sad the 30 days have ended and if I hadn’t stepped into a fire ant nest, while in Vieques this month, I would have written 30 poems. Oh well. Maybe we need I break—don’t want to eventually feel I am just “weaving exhausted metaphors” ! It’s nice to have a “walking talking muse”—isn’t it?! Perfect poem for today!
Thank you, Kim. Hopefully, you’re ready to rock next year.
Thank you for your work this month–I’ve enjoyed each of your poems. In this, I especially like the humor of “running in the legal sense” and the conversational “I fell in love with her a little.” See you at the next starting line.