Ray Ball
Levitation
Sometimes when I am having
a very, very good run,
when my feet glide along
the shaded path
barely touching,
it is almost as if
I'm having
an ecstatic vision.
The miles are
invisible,
miraculous.
My breath a liturgy
of prayer. When I
hit the downhill,
it will be as if I flew
like Saint Joseph of Cupertino.
Ray Ball grew up in Oklahoma and Texas and received her PhD in History from Ohio State. She is currently a history professor based in Anchorage, Alaska. When not in the classroom or the archives, she enjoys running marathons and drinking bitter beverages. She is the author of two history books and her creative work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Breadcrumbs Mag, L'Éphémère Review, and The Cabinet of Heed. She tweets @ProfessorBall
Levitation
Sometimes when I am having
a very, very good run,
when my feet glide along
the shaded path
barely touching,
it is almost as if
I'm having
an ecstatic vision.
The miles are
invisible,
miraculous.
My breath a liturgy
of prayer. When I
hit the downhill,
it will be as if I flew
like Saint Joseph of Cupertino.
Ray Ball grew up in Oklahoma and Texas and received her PhD in History from Ohio State. She is currently a history professor based in Anchorage, Alaska. When not in the classroom or the archives, she enjoys running marathons and drinking bitter beverages. She is the author of two history books and her creative work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Breadcrumbs Mag, L'Éphémère Review, and The Cabinet of Heed. She tweets @ProfessorBall