Edinburgh

Shotgun to the sea, kick-started machine

Conquer Holyrood and smile down the hill

Holding memories of loved ones each mile

Twenty-six thrusts to his power of will

Pigment films, rhodopsin on camera

This man’s retinas absorb coastal light

Implementing the training plan with ease

Scotland’s very air helps him to take flight

This man’s earthly father plasma-pulsates

Micro power-generators humming

Sinews discard the myth of Sisyphus

This running body hosts a case coming

Onward like some Portobello soldier

Fortitude found with pace at Cockenzie

This man’s mother alive at fourteen miles

At the end the Lord’s grace brings victory

All is glaciation, eyes all milky

Post exertion textures can feel surreal

Spiritual sweeps from red to blue send

Flecks to an ocean of immense appeal