Michael E. Harris Poet Free verse

La Marathon Legacy Runners Goal

A LOS ANGELES MARATHON RUNNERS GOAL

AS IT GOES INTO OUR HEAD
WE BEGIN TO BELIEVE.
WE PUT IN ON RECORD
SO WE CAN RETRIEVE.

SEEING IS BELIEVING
AS WE'RE RETRIEVING
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEAD
IS WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING.

CONCEIVING A THOUGHT
GOES BEYOND WHAT WE'RE TAUGHT.
IF WE BELIEVE 
IT IS WHAT WE BOUGHT.

IMAGINATION, HAS IT'S OWN WAY.
JUST IMAGINE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
THEN REALIZE THE VISION
AND GO OUT AND PLAY.

A MARATHON HAS 26 MILES
ALONG THE WAY 
THERE ARE PLENTY OF SMILES
FOR SOME OF US IT'S LAST A WHILE.

LEGACY RUNNERS ARE REAL AND LEGIT
WE STRUGGLE, WE FINISH,
WE REFUSE TO QUIT.
ALL BECAUSE THE FUSE WAS LIT.

BUT AS THE YEARS FLY BYE
BEFORE OUR EYES
WE STOP AND ASK THE QUESTION WHY.

THIS CREATES A MOMENT TO SMILE.
OUR IMAGINATION 
WAS RUNNING WILD.
RUNNING FREE IS OUR STYLE.
ACCOLADES BECAME A PILE 
OF MEMORIES THAT LAST AWHILE.

WHAT ONCE WAS A THOUGHT
THAT WE CONCEIVED 
HAS TURNED INTO SOMETHING
THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.

ANOTHER MARATHON
A FEW MORE MILES
ANOTHER FINISH
A FEW MORE SMILES

50 YEARS WILL SOON ARRIVE.
I PRAY TO GOD WE'RE STILL ALIVE.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND
CONTINUE TO STRIVE.
I THANK THE LORD FOR BEING ALIVE.

Michael E. Harris
07132022

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