Round 25

(DAI Membership Meeting)
Accelerate
Expedite
My way between appointments
Pray
Brace
Strive
To remain alive
Today
As blowing snow continues to fall
Motion constant
Even as it takes different forms
Over 25 laps later
Around and around and around
The indoor track at the Rec Center
I am grateful, proud, relieved
to have pushed through
Initial resistance and discomfort
Staying in constant motion
Because when I'm in it
I love the sweat
Warming sensations
The dampening of my clothing.
Evidence of my persistent exertion.