this love that was
went,
quiet, unnoticed.

legs pushing down,
ahead, always ahead,
rain-faced and salt shed.
wheels,
and wheels,
and wheels.

always there,
you
and i
and all that never was,
and i a fool.

i miss that fall.

my autumn heart,
my long road.

this is the beat
of a track run to twilight.

the thudding heart.

the lurching breath.

the finish line a flinch.