Running

The music resonates in my ears, through the headphones that block out reality.
Its beat setting the pace,  as my feet pound another thirteen miles of pavement.
They slam into the ground like a crazed jack hammer, oppressing the thoughts that trouble me.
Stamping them deep into the tarmac, like the rubber from my shoes.
Gone from my memory along with emotion, hoping not to crack the earth.
Eventually erupting into an earthquake.