Run!

Run, Woman!

Run wild:
free

and aflame,

feet obliterating

to ash

the echoing voices

of those frightened

by bloodstains

in the coliseum.

Run, Man!

Run fierce:

fear

cast aside,

freed by the force

of remembering

our souls

were forged

from the steel glittering

in the eyes of God.

Run, Wild,

Run, Free,

open the cages

of those beasts

longing

to run beside you.

For unbound

we are

an inferno

burning down

a world

built

by trembling hands.

© 2016 H. Newberry