Run

My time left dwindles


I have to escape


Escape what’s coming


Hit the ground running


From my past


From the future


From myself


I’ve got a lot of running to do


But it seems I’m also running from you


And the risk that you’ll find out


What no one’s supposed to know about


That something that I saw


That shouldn’t have been seen


The secret that was kept


Through an excessive routine


To make sure no one knew


But I saw it anyway


It was no more than a mistake


But the past cannot be undone


It's a game of give and take

That can't ever be won

So I find myself fleeing the scene


Where I committed no crime


The implications unforeseen


Or changing like the flip of a dime


A life changing event


That I’ll never forget


Always in the back of my mind


The table of life was nicely set


Until the tablecloth was ripped from underneath


And everything I once had was lost


Including my last shreds of dignity


Like the fingers of a winter frost


Killing all the flowers in the vicinity


So now I run


I run to where I can be free

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