Thanks Freckle.
Because I just 'free form' and write it down as it comes into my head, please permit me to amend . Its a living thing ya know!
Why.
Why summon this pulmonary fire?
Why submit to the lactates' burn?
Why the struggle to reach ever higher?
Why the fight with heather and fern?
Why, to see the other side of that oft tossed coin,
To celebrate the joy of running free,
In the plunge, the battle and the chase.
And, for one brief moment, to reach out and touch
Our own personal God,
Whatever that may be.