he looks left
then right
no one?
he runs

left the weight
left the bill
left it
with me

the ones
who break
the rules
never break
they run
light
fast
free

maybe i’m naive
maybe he knows better
how to live
how to leave

honesty
was never built
for speed

neither was i

and they pass me by
and i let them
left behind
unfit for the race

will he ever stop
will he ever look back
will he ever see the weight
he hands to the next

or maybe he too once stood here
holding the debt of someone else’s leaving
and simply learned
to run