It was warm
And the sky was blue
That gorgeous glorious blue sky blue
That always makes my heart catch in my throat
And I ran a long the Charles River
And saw the other people out running and biking
I was running intervals
And during a recovery interval
A woman ran past and shouted
“You’ve got this!”
She disappeared down the path
A dad cycled past in the opposite direction
Behind his bike, a trailer with young twins
Who sat holding hands
One woman was rollerblading
I got a kick out of thinking that some of the runners must
Run the Boston marathon
I’m not likely to ever qualify for that race
But how joyful to be running
To trace the path of the winding river
To feel the warmth
And see that blue sky
That gorgeous glorious blue sky blue