Running Rich

Left out of driveway
small beep as finger meets immovable plastic
that the button retracted into
and numbers tracking my tracks move on my wrist.
Building momentum for first few steps,
then steady down streets so commonly tread
deja vu is an aspect of running them.
While the world's calling on you
lessens the senses react.
A quid pro quo that is most desirable.
Losing mundane problems,
while gaining insight on the ones that you calmly dwell on,
mixes with a profound sense of smell, sight, sound, touch and even taste
as a smoky bbq or crisping garlic bread’s steam wafts by
and you feel the smell in your mouth,
as I imagine a dog does.
The running experience brings about,
if even only briefly on some outings,
a richer or fuller connection with life.