Don't worry Herakles, you'll be fine. If the club is anything like mine or the fell runners I have met at races, they'll be really kind and welcoming. Have fun.
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Oooooo i know that feeling mate but the thing is at least you are turning up and the only way to improve is by training with those who are better than ourselves (well thats what i tell myself anyway) :) i still get a bit nervous but always feel pleased to have gone by the end
Fairytales
Charlotte Ansell
monday she was someone
i wanted
to get to know.
i didn't understand
why i should
find it hard to hug goodbye
or kiss hello.
tuesday she rescued me
from the forest
of my pride.
a hundred years of branches
had grown up on all sides
i wasn't sleeping
more fatigued with pain;
something inside had been denied
until she came.
wednesday she said she couldn't
keep it secret
anymore.
she came and declared herself
leaving flowers at my door.
she said i was her cinderella
that my foot fit her shoe
but her words
left me speechless
i hadn't expected my prince charming
to be
a woman.
thursday she told me stories,
how love takes time to grow,
how frogs can turn into princes,
how the beast can be loved and known.
how expectations and assumptions
often leave a sour taste
and the mirror reflects
only the truth it sees
but only those who dare to
can see it and believe.
friday she took her pipe
and told me she would go,
she had kept her promise;
charmed the rats out of my conscience.
for her gift of healing
i needed to offer in return
but i couldn't love her
like she asked.
so she stole into the night
and i could neither fight
nor follow
even knowing she was right.
the fairytales i used to read
always said the princess meets a prince
but now she's gone and i've not found
happy-ever-after since
it's become clear
since she was here
second best isn't
going to be good enough
anymore.
a friend has recommended reading the following book which i must say looks lovely:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Sno.../9780641864827
i thought you might be interested given the haiku angle!