My heart races
My breath runs ragged
I want to stop
	I have to slow
		But I can’t
	I mustn’t
I have to keep going
	… almost there…
Pass one
	… almost there…
Pass another two
	One more
I push myself
My head is going to burst
	My stomach tightens
		I lunge forward
	Everything comes to a dead stop
	There’s flashes of white 
	Everything is deathly still
	Peaceful and quiet
		Then the blur is gone
	And the picture fades back in
I’m surrounded by smiling faces
Hands reach out and pull me up
My feet are shaky and my
	Heart throbs
But I made it
	I finished
		The last mile is mile is mine