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Why I Run

1. Almost everyday I am able to see you
If for an hour or less
Or three hours or four
To have you in my life is lucky enough
But to see you so frequently
Is truly a gift from above
I cannot wait to get that that call from you
To see your two shadows cross the door
Or when your keys jangle in the lock
As the dog barks from the floor
I love all three of you and each love is new and old
But it is immense in power and strength
And shall never grow cold

Why do I run
I run for you
One of my two safest places
I run swift and fast
Quiet as a hunter
Fast as a car
I run to you
I run to you, my love
One of my two safest places is you

We are safe in each others arms
Although it will be I
Who will protect you from harm
Please do not worry, save it for a different day
I got you in my arms
Let’s keep it that way
Let me hear of your classes, friends, and school
And if anything troubles you
I will act like a fool
This will make you smile, I guarantee
If it doesn’t make you laugh however
You will be sorry
I will strive at anything to keep you happy
Even where I say a dirty joke
And you try to slap me
Now you are smiling let us talk of anything
Our love, our future, our luckiness, our loyalty, and dreams
For you console my nightmares, and I bring forth your sleep

Anywhere we go these arms will keep you safe
Let them be the blanket around you
They will keep you in place
They will block the cold from your body,
From the evil trying to make headway
I will rest my head next to yours
And say,
“Do you have enough room where you are”
“Yes”
“O.k.”
I will whisper in your ear, trying to give you tranquil thoughts
Although my eye is on the time,
To be ready to leave as taught
For now...
“Sleep soundly my love you are safe, I will keep your nightmares away”

Now again I run
I run to the safest place
To where I am always welcome
To where I have spent the majority of my life
My home
1054 Maple Lane
Between the thorns and lilacs
With the giant oak tree in back
I run to my family
Always happy to see me

On this Friday evening, everyone is home
My Mother, my Father, and Sister
Make sure I never am alone
Unfortunately my Mother is tired from school, my Sister getting ready for bed
My Dad is in the chair, drowsy, bobbing his head
Twilight, my dog jumps for me in glee
“Come take me out Ry-Ry” so I believe she thinks
“I have to go and pee”
Thunder, my cat’s rancorous mowing goes and floods the room
Even though it is annoying
I don’t think I would hit her with a broom
Sleepiness is on to us, time to get in bed
Now I will think about Caitlin and I inside my head
Weariness comes quick, and school looms after dawn
Tomorrow’s afternoon will be terrible
My parents want me to work on the lawn

Now I know I’m not good with rhyme schemes
But I am a poet be it at that
I am definitely no Dr. Seuss who wrote Cat in the Hat
His book Oh the Places You Will Go is better than this poem
Showing the places you are the safest
And knowing where to find them
To summarize this poem
I will make it simple as fact
I love Caitlin and My Family
And this is my way of showing that

Written: October 26,2010

poem by Ryan Collins
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