Just that.

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Sometimes I feel like running. Wind in my face, a blank road ahead all for myself. Even if I close my eyes, I wouldn’t bang into anything.

If that helps to leave behind everything.. and if it really helps, I would like to run even faster. I would want to run till my limbs give up, the oxygen runs out and I am exhausted. Then I’ll just lay there thinking about oxygen and exhaustion and the annoying pain in my limbs because of the irritating lactic acid.

Just that. And nothing more. Just that.

I would want to run till the wind moving against me tries so hard to stop me and I’d still want to run faster than before. And every time that I am successful in defeating it, I would want to stop for a microsecond and look back and laugh at it. And then I would again want to run extremely fast, my speed ever increasing, that at one point I am no longer solid. Having left behind what made me substance, I’m just energy now, invisible, impervious, untouchable.

You can’t know I’m there unless you’re the force driving me.

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  1. AcetylCholineApril 15, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    I don't have words. LOVED IT.

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  2. khushuJuly 27, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    great piece!!.......me also love to think about running at the spped of light!! and sometymes even succeeds in doing it in my dream!! its awesome feeling!

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  3. MaryamSeptember 24, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    Wow you’re really good =)
    What say to contributing to an e-magazine? We’re looking for writers of fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. Drop me a line at realityromanticized@hotmail.com if you’re interested.
    Thanks =)

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