Watts, Cedric. Introduction. Heart of Darkness and Other Tales. By Joseph Conrad. Oxford:
Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Print.
Running
I am running.
Running out of my past
full with filled glasses,
into my unmeasurable future.
I am running to gain breath,
find muscle and bone,
the smooth red wine of blood.
I am running around the bend
of time, like an eternal
science fiction hero.
I am running to outpace death,
stay ahead of the inevitable,
make a fool of ruin.
I am running into redemption,
the healing of wounds,
an obliteration of history.
I am running to Neverland,
the ecstasy of evermore,
to a palace of ever last.
Running in vein,
against the natural grain,
ignorant of the unseen.
I am running.
I am running into redemption,
the healing of wounds,
an obliteration of history.
I am running to Neverland,
the ecstasy of evermore,
to a palace of ever last.
Running in vein,
against the natural grain,
ignorant of the unseen.
I am running.
-John Saunders