The day I stopped was the day I stood against the wall.
The day I stopped was the day I had neither ladders nor ropes.
The day I stopped was the day I carried nothing but spaces.
The day I stopped was the day I looked above and called on the skies.
The day I stopped was the day I felt steel raindrops, pouring and pouring.
The day I stopped was the day I bowed my head, loosely and vulnerably.
The day I stopped was the day I saw nothing but the faceless: the stones on the ground.
The day I stopped was the day I bore finally the bruises on my feet.
The day I stopped was the day I conceded the scars etched on my skin.
The day I stopped was the day I thought I had given everything up.
The day I stopped was the day I turned around it: the darkened and the ruin.
The day I stopped was the day I closed my palm, creases and creases, and held only to air.
The day I stopped was the day I did not look back.
The day I stopped was the day I ran for meters.
The day I stopped was the day I ran for miles.
The day I stopped was the day I ran for nowhere.
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The day I stopped was the day I stood beside a wall.
The day I stopped was the day I had again neither ladders nor ropes.
The day I stopped was the day I carried nothing but the olden spaces.
The day I stopped was the day I looked above and called on the skies anew.
The day I stopped was the day I felt brazen raindrops, drizzling and drizzling.
The day I stopped was the day I bowed my head, imagining and hoping.
The day I stopped was the day I saw nothing but the perennial: the grasses on the earth.
The day I stopped was the day I had borne not bruises on my feet, but traces of one's face. Yours.
The day I stopped was the day I surrendered the scars but not the skins in between.
The day I stopped was the day I thought I had given everything up.
The day I stopped was the day I turned towards you: the illuminated and the dream.
The day I stopped was the day I opened my palm, creases and all, and held yours. Tightly.
The day I stopped was the day I did not look back.
The day I stopped was the day I stopped running for meters.
The day I stopped was the day I stopped running for miles.
The day I stopped was the day I stopped running for nowhere.
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The day I stopped was the day I was.
The day I stopped was the day I began.
The day I stopped was the day I stopped stopping.
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Today is the day I am.
Today, I will not look back.
Today, I will not run but, I will walk for meters.
Today, I will not run but, I will walk for miles.
Today, we will not run but, we will walk for somewhere.
Today, I have stopped for you have made me begin and never ever stop. :]
