Bamboo Shoots Submission for

Dying to Run

Posted on by Alexander Chan

100 words poem – first

2019

Running mentally and physically

I die

I despise running

We have cars now

Why do we need to run

It seems kind of pointless

My body disintegrates

Flat feet, twisted ankle

Suffering, grunting, burning

Blood blazing in my thighs

In one word

agonizing

 

2020

Pandemic mode – sitting behind the screen doing PE

Loss of muscle tone

The pain of running was just a memory

Life was so much better

 

2021

Return to school and I forgot how to run

“Look at that troll! Hobbling and wobbling around the field.”

Divine punishment

Destroying me

Mangling my legs, crushing my soul

 

25 words poem – second

2019

Flat feet, twisted ankle

Suffering, grunting, burning

agonizing

 

2020

Pandemic – online PE

Life was good

 

2021

Return to school

“Look! Pathetic troll.”

Soul crushing

Prompt: First Prompts for the April 2021 Year of the Ox Writing Contest. Both 25 and 100 words : )

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