The Race

Tension mounts
Ref starts the count
Stride out once more
Who knows what's in store?
Toe the line
Think "I'll do fine"
There's the gun
You're off
Run

A breeze kisses
A sweat-soaked brow
The mile mark
Is just ahead now
Catch this one
And then one more
That's it
Go on
Run

It's harder now
to run the pace
And you've only run
half your race
Another mile,another step
Five minutes more
That's all
Keep on
Run

The finish ahead
It's so far away
He's catching up
You speed away
There's the line
A burst of speed
Into the chute
That's it
You're done
You've run.