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The Track Star

I could see the way you look at him when he sat down in that chair, all the life had gone out of him and he collapse on the ground looking at the sky above moving around but the man in the cloud was not there to rescue him. He thought he had captured it, and his heart was yearning for it, he wanted to run his personal best, but his body was too stiff to fight out the rest .I saw the way you look at him as if you had mesmerize his thinking and cloud his vision. I saw the way you look at him as if you had cast a terrible spell over him; he was just staring at you as if he had a hold on you but the power of the universe was keeping him strong. He powered out of the starting block with all the energy  that he has  got, moving like a horse on a race track  when all of a sudden  the pack starts running  away from him  and he was trailing in the back, I saw him running  his personal best but the fleet was ready to show the universe the best, I was cheering for him but those on the back stretch was closing in and when they passed him around the bend, I feel heaven walking all over my head; all of a sudden  I saw a light aircraft in  the sky hovering over him secretly in the cloud as if it was on a assignment to get him. He kept running with all the courage in him but the gold and the silver was swinging in front and he try to find that final speed but his body was telling him that life is real. The race was over and he found himself lying on the ground staring on the bronze medal dangling in his hand and the crowd cheering him on.I saw the way you look at him when the fastest man captured the gold and the way the story was told, he started out on a mission to win but gravity held his speed  and your passion soften his zeal, his body gets weak because your love was all over him and that was not the best medicine for him. The gold medal was wrapped up in banner in his hand and the clouds in the skies carried him safely along. I saw the way you look at him as if you have a story to tell him but faith pushes courage up his sleeve and the universe honor his zeal.

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