To rise and run while others sleep
and hike a hill for most too steep
To take the stage with wobbly knees
while the audience reclines with ease
To write a poem none will read
without praise on which others feed
To stand out and look absurd
instead of blending with the herd
To guard my life and heart and health
when life asks me to neglect myself
To go the extra mile
or 26.2
To greet pain with a smile
and do what most won't do