Is the Pain Worth It

Is the Pain worth it Cross Country brings pain as One leg After another Slaps the path Excitement Nerves Anger Overflows your veins The scent of fresh-cut grass and spray paint Fills your nose The wind rushing through your ears Flying down the hills like a bullet Your next victim is right ahead of you Passing them Blood Pumping Heart Beating hard Bum bum Bum bum The beads of sweat Maybe some tears Wash down your face like rain Sprinting as hard as you can go And farther The pain coursing through your body Then you hear the screaming They’re all screaming for you, You’re flying Barely touching the ground You are so close Someone is right on your tail Pushing it so far No feeling in your legs As you cross that finish line all the Pain Sweat Tears You put into this Is worth it You look at the timer as you pass the finish Eyes bulging out as you see your time A new personal record Your joy is immense You want to jump up and touch the clouds But the pain is ubiquitous Pain wracks your body You just ran Two miles in 16:36 minutes