No steel sign to mark the place
Only lungs that set the pace
Each exhale a hidden stone
Each inhale a mile alone
Sweat rewrote the inner creed
Pulse kept counsel with your need
Haze dissolved in steady gaze
Focus formed a cleaner blaze
Crowds fell back like fading foam
Solitude became a home
Steps composed a sacred chant
Distance shrank from something scant
Measure life by living proof
Not by roof beyond a roof
Breath by breath the journey grows
Quiet miles the spirit knows