Heavy Weight
A beat
A strong beat
A fast beat
One with heavy bass.
The platform
Empty
Waiting.
Everyone does their own thing, in their own world.
So many worlds,
in one room
gravitating around one another, around machines.
It's easy.
Ten by Three.
Ten by Three, easy.
Ten by Three, heavier than me,
not easy.
I can do it
I will do it
Ten by Three, breath.
They're all so beautiful,
strong, slim, bulky, learning, moving.
It's heavy
I've never pulled this much before.
Slam! I will pull this much now.
Five by Three
Five by Three left
Half way.
Legs burn
Muscles strain.
It's beautiful.
It's perfect.
Last set is
...
heavy
... Too heavy?
No.
Last set.
Breath. Up. Hold.
Down. Slam.
HEAVY.
Breath. Up. Hold. Two.
Down. Slam!
So. HEAVY.
Last one.
Last one.
Breath. Breath. Breath.
...Up. UP. UP UP UP!
Three!
SLAM!
Done!
Ten by Three
Ten by Three, done.
Legs shake, they burn
but
its beautiful
its perfect
I've never felt so alive.
So perfect and beautiful and strong.
Everyone else's worlds don't know
but that doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter if they know that I am strong,
that I am beautiful.
that I am perfect
because I know.
I know
SLAM!
that I can lift heavy.
That I am
Slam!
strong
Slam!
beautiful
Slam!
perfect
Slam!
capable of great feats.
I am inspirational.
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