Resilience

Let me begin to re-jog my memory.

I started from my apartment

and was ready to run

around New York City.

I saw people I knew,

smiled as I went by.

I waved hi,

and I kept the runners high

as I still had more miles to do.

Then it started to drizzle,

but my energy didn’t fizzle.

Yet, I started feeling my body

take on the pavement

and to my amazement,

I kept seeing more and more

of the streets that I ran before.

And then came the turn.

After running 23 miles,

I stepped into the park

and I think it might’ve been

the first, second, or third step

as I went to take on the final loop -

I was awakened to a reality

by a painful feeling.

Then moving forward -

hope would have to be the truth.