I Was A Runner

from Circles by Jamie Hamilton

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I was a runner.
I woke up early, tied my shoes
And trained for hours.
Stretched my legs and filled my lungs with air.
I prepared,
And prepared.

The race – it fell on a Sunday
And the air was hotter than hell.
Twenty-two miles paced out behind me,
I lost my footing and fell.

I could never finish a single thing,
But I would walk to the end with you.

I was a statue.
Cased myself in stone, I posed
And stood for a summer.
Tourists smiled and birds sat on my head.
I stayed dead,
I stayed dead.

I moved on a miserable Monday,
While the world was hiding indoors.
Shivering cold, I sat on the bus home,
And picked the stone out my hair.
Passengers stared,
And stared.

I could never wait for anyone (or anything),
But I would wait ‘til the end for you.

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from Circles, released April 4, 2014

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