I'm about halfway through what I've found from before Tengaged, and today is the last of the Tamarack poems I have found. This one I vividly remember being written in early 2010 because January of that year, the inspiration came to me after I finished this excruciating workout. If you've ever done those bike exercises here you get to choose the course and scenary (I think it was ProBike Fitness or something like that?), I did and finished Ascension, which I think went on for about 18 miles and took place in outer space. Well, today's poem is about that (God that was a fucking hard workout lmao).
"Celestial Marathon"
The society of heavens surround in craze
Seatin' to watch this annual race
Bright darkness flashes in my face
Readyin' for the long chase
A rocket pierces the vacuum quickly
I run the pace admirably
Solar winds flood my eyes violently
Invisible wings build on me so rudely
Beads of water appear from nowhere
As these slopes defies truth's dare
Time slows into a glare
I swear I'm runnin' on no air
Olympics fear where I stare
The unforgiving turbulence never cares
This undulation test my inner hare
Losing sanity with each blare
An ocean of me spreads out slowly
Soakin' my body freely
Yet the miles pile on steadily
As that finish line grows clearly
I walk the line in Faith's pace
As I triumph by a face
My burnt vessel laughs in place
As I finally walk out of insanity's maze
So yeah... another reason you should keep working out kiddies! While it doesn't necessary have to be the workout I did, if you pick something you find challenging, it might just inspire you to write poetry! :D