Sunday, February 23, 2020

I Would Hurt A Fly


Sometimes I am tired of feeling blind.

This theme has continuously flashed onto me sporadically throughout my life. And it confuses me in the following form: how long has it been since I've been unable to see my memories? This state of fraught for my memory, if you can imagine, is like writing on a page and finding it again, only to see that it has been scribbled over. I am awake when I run. I recall several memories and can feel happiness above tiredness. But this deplorable reality in which many of us live in creates a vision field of wearisome, and I suppose that is why when I don't run, my memories dilute. The sad thing is that I reinforce this blindness by participating in stringent activities. At this moment, it's difficult for me to contend in a game of diatribes with my own fears and anxieties to be free from being a multiple of this culture.

It is inevitable. And I suppose my current condition could be of some angled help. Only by participating in this culture could I ever understand how I, and others, reinforce the status quo.

Today I ran 14 miles in 1:44:30 with a crummy right ankle.


With temporary admittance,

me



Sunday, February 9, 2020

Maybe You'll Be President, But Know Right From Wrong


Today I finally feel something different. Proud! Clear! Fulfilled! Attentive! I could let out a sigh of relief and fall backwards in peace.

For the past couple of weeks my brain had been feeling inactive. I've sat inside a bell jar, watching the water from the sink faucet wash away the beans from my dishes, but nothing beyond that. Watching city drivers no longer afraid to die spread irritation to others, but nothing beyond that. Watching the grass wave as I stretch before a run, but nothing beyond that. Mental inactivity tried to subdue me, but I could never let it.

Today, the sights and feelings are vivid. Long runs have turned into a quest to find the present.