"I trained for years, labored in pain just for a token of your love. Because at the time, and still..."

“I trained for years, labored in pain

just for a token of your love.

Because at the time, and still now,

I understood that to truly love

is to rage through a marathon-

sometimes alone, often times

unsure if an endpoint even exists.

But in this race, I have every

intention of finishing.

I could never quit you.

I will run for you until my limbs

are no more, until they disintegrate

with the passing wind on my back.

I will run with blistered feet

and bloody sores. Legs incapacitated,

I will crawl just to be by your side.

I made a pledge from the start,

a commitment to us, to give

everything knowing through it all

I protected the gift of your heart.

You placed all of your bets on me,

I’ll be damned before I let you down.”



- froconoclast

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