Comrades In Arms Poem by Diana van den Berg

Comrades In Arms



There it was
the solution
eleven thousand of them
displaying
feeling
bleeding
a camaraderie
from pounding feet
all the way up
to hearts bursting with everything they could possibly burst with
suffering
struggling
smiling through the tears of
pain,
joy,
pride,
patriotism,
arm-in-arm
many of them
all with the same goal
to finish
the race
with honour.

If this can be done on one day
literally,
can we not all do it on
the three hundred and sixty-four other days
metaphorically?

(16 June 2008)

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This was about the Comrades Marathon run between Durban and (Pieter) Maritzburg in South Africa, in one direction one year and the other the next. It is a world renown ultra-marathon and one where the most amazing bonding and spirit of bonding exists amongst the runners, the way all sport should be.
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Diana van den Berg

Diana van den Berg

Durban, South Africa
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