Dream

I had a dream last night.

I was running in a race, a huge race…and I was in the front group of runners – there were a few guys in front of me that I knew I wouldn’t be able to take, and  then there were these two other girls that I was pushing myself to pass; I just couldn’t seem to pull in front of them though, no matter how hard I pushed myself, they were always one step ahead.

And then one of the guys fell and hurt his leg, or passed out – something.
I passed him, kept running, and running, and running – until I was near the finish line, and I was ecstatic, I was going to win!
…that’s when I realized that I was the only one running anymore.

I stopped and turned around. And realized that EVERYONE else had long since stopped, because this one guy was hurt.

And I whispered to myself – you know, it’s not fair…because if I had been the one to get hurt, NO ONE would have stopped for me.