One step forward
Look both ways
Listen carefully
Is it safe?
Take another step
Pace yourself
You must be careful
Look, listen.
Take a cautious step
And another.
Don’t look around this time.
Don’t spend a second listening.
You’ve come too far
To turn back now.
So build up the courage
And the determination
To run
And run
Run outside
Run and jump over a fence
Run and leap over a lake
Run and slither through trees
But no matter what
Don’t stop running.