RUNNING IN PLACE (5-minute Freewrite)

a 5-minute Freewrite by A.E. Jackson

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The habi-trail spun below his feet. The country side scrolled past his head. The fan forced air blew over his sweat drenched skin. This was running at its very best!

For eight months the ship had drifted through space toward her final destination. But 'drifted' really wasn't the right term was it? No, She was sailing. Moving at three quarters the speed of light, the ship was damn near ripping through this corner of the galaxy.

And yet the scenery outside the six-paned, reinforced bulkhead windows slid past like the virtual scenery of his daily habi-trail run. Maybe tomorrow he would scale the Alps, or once again take that run through the depths. There was a strange exhilaration running along the Marianas Trench.

But those stars would continue to slide past. Broken only by the occasional gas cloud, distant black hole, or sprinkling of planets huddled together near their warm star.

The habi-trail slowed, and came to a stop. Tomorrow, he decided, he would run the Alps.

T H E E N D

© 2018, A.E. Jackson. All rights reserved.

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