and there are some days when all i can do is get in the car and drive

and drive

and roll down the windows and play the good music loud

and in the wail of the wind and the good music

i can almost, almost drown the world

and it is like running away

but the good kind of running —

where you feel the strength of your legs

and the dependable thud of your heart

and the crashing in your ribs

and your lungs burning like the breathless desert

—yes, it feels like that

in a moment and a song and the wind

it is somehow like a kind of quiet

and it’s a small bit of peace to pull against my chest

and i run in the sounds

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