--- title: Down the Avenue date: 2010-01-08T13:31:25Z modified: 2010-01-08T13:35:15Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/down-the-avenue/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 927 categories: - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/down_the_avenue.jpg" timestamp: 2010-01-08T13:35:15Z tags: - Life Poems --- I’m tired, exhausted,![](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/down_the_avenue-300x233.jpg "down_the_avenue") Running… The trees down the avenue cannot be counted I’m [running](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/running-dark.md) too fast. My mouth is dry I see a stream nearby Water won’t quench my thirst It is not what I need My heart pounds into my ribcage So intense, tears stream down my cheeks But I must keep running My compass points into this direction Nothing in this world is to console this moment For it the too painful For it is too deep For it is within my soul The sun has moved across the sky Shadows have grown taller It feels like my lungs are on fire as I try to catch my breath I cannot run any longer This moment is to be short-lived The trees tell me they take a deep breath and grow taller The caterpillar says that it will evolve into a beautiful, colourful [butterfly](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/life-is-like-a-butterfly.md) There is hope, I am alive.