Run 「走る」

Six more stops
until mine.

The Runner Boy
is not even sweating.

He has been running
alongside the bus
this whole time.

His only breaks
are traffic lights.

He sometimes slows down
and gets left behind
because he cannot
cross roads with ease
at intersection turns.

His steady pace puts him
in the lead, sometimes,
as if racing the bus
is just child's play.

I worry for him.

What if he
gets hit by a car?

He seems fearless, though.

Invincible, even.

I envy him.

I wonder if he is
lonely.

I wonder if he is
like me.

There are so many things
to wonder about
on your route home.

Three more stops
until I get off.

The couple and their baby
get off the bus.

It is now just me.

I wonder when
The Runner Boy stops.

Does he run from
or to?

Is he escaping
training
or just
running?