Running As Fast As We Can

toward pleasure...

I dropped to a walk as you rounded the bend. I didn't have the breath to call to you, so when I returned to a slower job under the canopy of the forest I wasn't surprised to find you leaning on a tree.

You held out your water bottle. "Thought I lost you." 

"Had to walk and catch my breath." I took the drink and wet my throat.

You smiled and looked around t…