David Finkelstein

Mrs. Bemis

Journal entry; Running

Running, running, running

Never stopping

Never walking

Never resting, ever

Just running

All the time

No room for pausing

No time to refresh

Getting tired

More every second

They’re gaining

More and more

Almost upon me

A burst of speed

Been a couple hours now

Just running, them and me

First to stop gets killed

Second spared till the ‘morrow

That’s all there’s to our lives

Running, running, running

Just him and me, we used to be friends

Still would be but for this

We know if I win

Then he dies

And if he lives I die

So we run, never stopping

Never catching our breath

No room for error

No room for thought

Just running, till we stop

Almost there, just a couple miles

Oh no, he’s falling behind

He’s stumbling, stuttering, falling down

I’m saved

At least for today

Put brother against brother

Friend against friend

And make them run until the end

That’s the game we’re forced to play

Until we reach the end

We never get no rest

Winners never win

If you win you start again, still no stop or rest

And since you ran a while just then

You can not win again. ●