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I'm continuing to make use of my one-a-day run during lockdown. I'm taking it steady given it's only six weeks since I broke my fingers and I don't want to risk another fall - so 2-3 kms at most. But it still brings joy. I wrote another poem last week, which touches on running, parkrun and other delights that we are having to put aside, hopefully temporarily. Hope it's appropriate to post it here. It's called:

Light Will Return

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One day,

We shall hug each other in the streets

Just as we did after the war.

One day,

Joyful runners will throng the parklands,

And build each other up

With cries of encouragement

And high fives.

One day,

Musicians will fill the streets with beautiful sounds,

And we shall listen, transported,

And toss coins of gratitude.

But today,

We must put aside for a while these delights

Apprehend what they meant,

Anticipate their rebirth

Today,

We must send affection waving at webcams,

And interact in two dimensions

And discover that cyberspace, too, is real.

Today,

Our sports are solitary forays on empty paths,

The pounding of one pair of feet, or the bicycle wheel’s whirring

Our competitors, virtual buddies known through an app.

Today,

Our songs are sung on YouTube

Our live music streamed from musicians’ homes,

Our dancing at two-metre distance.

But maybe, in this constrainment we can find joy,

In the reality of our connectedness

And in the knowing that light will return,

One day.

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10

Excellent poem Iain

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

You’ve got it very right and in such a lovely way

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

Very moving..

You have a talent Iain...

thank you for sharing your poem.

🌷xx

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ju-ju-Graduate10

Well done, so glad you are still getting out :)

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iain-strachanGraduate10

Many thanks for all the lovely comments. I had 10 minutes of fame today and got to read it out live on BBC Radio Oxford. They invited listeners to send poems in to read on air and possibly for publishing - so I sent this one in yesterday and got to read it today!

If anyone's interested, here's the link. Scroll it to 1 hour 39 minutes to find my bit. I also give running a plug in the interview that followed!

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p087pjln

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