By Camelia Lissenhold
Date: 2009 Nov 08
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Mile 11

I don't know what it is
The blue electric shock that travels
Up my back
Shivering over my scalp
With a million pricks of pleasure.
But it is in that moment
That I know why I run
It is in that moment
That I take a deep breath
And the hole in my heart closes
And life flows in, full of potential
Full of joy, full of the present, and
Just for a moment
I come into my own
Soothed by the steady speed of my feet
The sinewy muscles of my arms
The sweat streaming down my spine
And it is then
That I know it will be okay
Even though you are gone.