For the Long Run

I dreamed last night
that my family
were all running a marathon
together
and it was long
and hard
and we stopped along the way,
I needed to change my shoes.

And when I stepped out from that room
-what a long break I took-
how much faster my feet
we ran
my steps so light,
the hills green and
sun shining.

There was a fork
you could choose
the long and flat road
or the shorter
harder
hilly terrain
I said
wouldn't it be more fun
to take that one.

I woke up
with the delicious feeling
of adventure
and joy
and lightness of being
in my limbs

The symbolism
seems too obvious
but there must be
something to it.