Long listed for the WRITE ABOUT WALKING AND LISTENING competition run in July & August 2021
Overdue contemplation.
ascending dew drenched air.
memories of times less complicated.
flooding Consciousness.
lost sense of purpose.
inner energy returning.
pace builds, increases, quickens
flow overwhelming,
becoming carnal.
Crunching crescendos.
weathered uneven paths.
Tor dominating vision.
labours, pace declines.
staccato rhythm.
glacial feet grinding.
surfaces wilded by nature
toe first, push, lift
Individual motion,
driven by pride.
Comparative wilderness.
diurnal human centipede.
spooked by rhythmic tapping.
taps now lolloping strides.
dodging tumbling shards.
no longer at slumber.
gates click, clack, thump
Made made obstacles,
maintaining control.
Accumulations overhead.
blanket obscuring vision.
rain tickles the canopy.
pace returning.
inevitable downpour.
clouds dissipated.
feet bounding, cantering, skimming
emerging civilisation,
please not yet.Meandering Refreshing Replaying Rejuvenating Resurfacing Enlivened Descending Imposing Breathing Slowing Scraping Eroded Driving Invading Sidestepping Overtaking Weaving Catapulted Pausing Menacing Echoing Building, Escaping Avoided Accelerating
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Read more from the Long List of stories submitted to the WRITE ABOUT WALKING & LISTENING competition. Listen to winning authors read their work at a showcase event on Sunday 26 September 2021 book here.
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