I Have Been Running

I have been running
these three
mornings

I have been running
because I need to be
recreated

I have been running
I have needed the
slap the
sting of
waking the
rip from the
womb of
sleep

I have been running
I have needed the cold
tubes of my frozen
veins to

flood
with
blood

my white
hands to
mottle with
purple and
blue

I have been running
I have needed my face to
flush and
forehead to
gush with
sweat

the oily
water of
stagnation and
regret

I have been running
I have been running
I have been running