He waits
in the starting blocks
until the burst of the gun gets him running
this running boy
motivated by
speed and endurance
like a pouncing cheetah
in the troubled wild
like a hungry-pouncing cheetah
that provides for its family
again
and again.
This poem was written using the Langston Hughes's poem "Trouble Woman" as a pattern.
in the starting blocks
until the burst of the gun gets him running
this running boy
motivated by
speed and endurance
like a pouncing cheetah
in the troubled wild
like a hungry-pouncing cheetah
that provides for its family
again
and again.
This poem was written using the Langston Hughes's poem "Trouble Woman" as a pattern.