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he liked to run
because it made him feel free
the wind whistled in his ears
the pavement felt smooth under his feet
and the road was open
ahead of him
and so he ran as far
as his feet would take him
not caring where
but just doing
until one day he stopped
and met a man
a man who had never felt the joy of running
because he was unable to
this man was in a wheelchair
and couldn't walk
ever since he was three
so the boy took it upon himself
to show the man
what running felt like
at first it was just
gentle walks
before he would speed up
after every few visits
until one day
the man said he was ready
and the boy smiled
because the man would
be able to run
even with some help
so he ran
pushing the wheelchair
with the man in it
and the wind
whistled in their ears
and the concrete felt smooth
and the road was open
and they were flying
running as if there was
no one else
but them
and that's when
the man knew
that he was in love
and that the boy
who showed him what running was
had a bigger meaning
than that
but he didn't know
that the boy had always
loved him
but his love
came with dangerous costs
because he has hiding something
because he didn't run
just because he wanted to
he ran to get away
away from those who wished
for his head on a silver platter
so while running with the man
he saw two people
who he recognized
the man didn't know why
the boy turned so abruptly
but didn't say anything
whenever they went out together
those two guys were there
and the boy was too afraid
to go out with the man anymore
for fear of him getting hurt
but the man insisted on it
and the boy reluctantly went along with it
until one day
the two guys
made their move
they moved their knights
one step closer to the king
and he was cornered
but he still had his last pawn
which was a man
who loved him
and did the only thing that he could
which was telling the boy
to run
but the boy wasn't sure
and didn't want to leave the man's side
but he did when he was given a push
and he ran
but the man was cornered
and he didn't have the ability to run
so he took everything
that they gave him
all the while just wishing
that the boy was safe
and then years passed
and the man was going to die soon
because he was giving up on life
and so one day
when he was sure it was his final day
he wrote a letter
to the boy
and then he opened
a bottle of pills
and drank a bottle of vodka
then the pills
and got on his bed
and waited for the end to come
and when it did
the boy came back
and went into the apartment
because he still had a key
and he first saw
the two empty bottles
and looked for the man
that he so loved
and he found him
lying on his bed
without a pulse
and then he called the emergencies
and when they came and gone
taking the one thing he loved
he saw the note
and he decided to read it
which was a mistake
because he cried
because the man killed himself
because he never came back
and he had given up on life
because he was too worried about himself
than the one he left behind
and so he ran
and he ran
he ran and never did stop
not in the rain
nor in the night
until he finally collapsed
and was forgotten
because he had
no one left
because
the
lions
that
chased
him
killed
them
all