{"id":143070,"date":"2023-09-03T07:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=143070"},"modified":"2023-09-03T08:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:25:26","slug":"keep-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/keep-running\/","title":{"rendered":"“Keep Running”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running to escape. <\/em><\/p>\n

I am hiding to catch myself. <\/em><\/p>\n

In a dream, I am my own enemy,<\/em><\/p>\n

I am my own defenses, curses and weaknesses,<\/em><\/p>\n

I am the monster under my bed.<\/em><\/p>\n

My eyes turn red when I see myself in the mirror. <\/em><\/p>\n

Am I you? Who are you? <\/em><\/p>\n

Are my human self? Or somebody else\u2019s doppelganger <\/em><\/p>\n

Acting like me in my head. <\/em><\/p>\n

No responses, just silence. <\/em><\/p>\n

A clutch on my chest,<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t remember the rest.<\/em><\/p>\n

You appeared behind my back,<\/em><\/p>\n

Am I under attack? <\/em><\/p>\n

By a monster who looks like me? <\/em><\/p>\n

Or I am the monster? \u00a0How this supposed to be? <\/em><\/p>\n

I am no monster, I know.<\/em><\/p>\n

But who are you? <\/em><\/p>\n

Who am I? <\/em><\/p>\n

Between us, who is the monster? <\/em><\/p>\n

Your eyes are way darker,<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019re a lie from the sky. <\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019re an abomination. <\/em><\/p>\n

Created by my Imagination, <\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe a thing in my head, <\/em><\/p>\n

Or a reality instead. <\/em><\/p>\n

So, I kept running, <\/em><\/p>\n

Catching my breath still, <\/em><\/p>\n

As I heard you speaks. <\/em><\/p>\n

Keep running. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Text Prompt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Write a poem that starts and ends with the word\u00a0running.<\/em><\/p>\n

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#POETRYMARATHON2023 #HOUR21 #24HRSCATEGORY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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