what I think about when I think about running

I run to remember, and I run to forget.

04.29.20 6:16am, just past sunrise in Santa Monica, California

Photo by Robert V. Ruggiero on Unsplash

In the middle of the hazy morning mist, my shoes pounding a familiar rhythm against the pavement, I feel free.

I pull the headphones out of my ears. The fast-paced hip hop feels wrong in the quiet…