RUN · 8:59pm Mar 29th, 2014
We were the summer-sunset-wind, warm and wild and untouchable.
We were rulers of a crumbled-down kingdom, prince-and-princess of the sandstone sky.
We were long-day shadows, stretching ourselves dark and blurry past our breaking points and more.
We were pulsing breath-and-blood, flowing fast through veins of buildings and sky.
We were rebels rivals friends lovers runners...
Until that moment, that second, when it all fell away.
I'm signal boosting this because I'm doing a collab with the author, who's a pretty cool guy. This project is competing with another equally fun thing for my attention, but it feels so good to be in the creative saddle, and the two of us are really making a great team so far.
The other reason I'm signal boosting this is because oh my god it's one of the best stories on the site. From the title until the last word, everything about RUN pulses with energy--dirty and dangerous, but alive and wonderful. It is meaningful, and it is exciting, but most of all, its style is absolutely breathtaking. It's more modern poetry than it is prose, and it creates a sense of adrenaline and movement that you would more expect from slam poetry than fanfiction.
Just read it. It's short. And signal boost it if you like it.
