Racing only with a darkness

Racing with something that refuses to be caught



and yet I didn't think

I only thought



If I can beat this

I am better then what I am



If I can win I am not who I have been

If I avoid defeat



I;ve changed from within

I'll never again be beat



I look and race



with the ground

A darkness so immanent but waiting



A darkness so profound

I race with my shadow



in the brightest moment of the day





To change only one thing

To change my own way



of living





I meet my own shadow

at the crack of dawn



one cold breath of air

and we both know



who's won





my heart beats





beneath my feet

a flower sprouts



and I walk away without a shadow of a doubt