Runner Girl

There's this girl who likes to run,
but she doesn't like to do track,
something is different about her,
may be that she doesn't "run" like that.

Instead she runs from life,
and anything that could hurt her,
she doesn't care about anyone else,
nothing just seems to matter.

Her run isn't like a race,
there's no finish line,
there's no one running after her,
and by that she doesn't mind.

Distance is what this girl wants,
to her it might seem like the perfect solution,
but she can't run from life,
not when it's in full blown motion.

She's hiding from the people who love her,
but that has no meaning,
just knowing that she's hurting people,
just means she's "winning".

Her whole goal is to get away,
to run as fast as she can,
running to a place where no one knows her,
where people won't demand.

The lies and ongoing fights,
supplies her endless need to run,
she tells no one about her anguishes,
now look who she's become.

She's thought of thoughts,
that could end her pain right away,
but she couldn't do that,
she's merely just too afraid.

There once was a time,
when her pace was so much slower,
she let people in her life,
but now no one really knows her.

That time has now passed by,
and she's running faster,
She really needs some control,
because things are headed for a disaster.

Every now and then,
she takes a break from running,
she lets loose and has some fun,
maybe she's slowly learning.

But learning is not what she's doing,
instead she puts up a mask,
she can hide her scars and emotions,
so no one will ask.

Her mask is starting to tear,
and the people are starting to see;
she's not the person they thought she was,
she's not that person people perceived.

She doesn't want anyone to help her,
even when she trips or falls,
the bruises and the cuts may bleed,
but she needs no help at all.

This girl has nothing to do but run,
and running is what she's best at,
she's one of the best runners,
especially when she "runs" like that.

Wow, I wrote that awhile ago, and for some reason I don't have the original written date but it was before 2006.

I'm not sure how much I like the poem but it's decent for my writing back then.