Marathon

7km ahead c'mon let's go! I almost dashed out like an arrow.
'wait wait wait ' you waved a pause and slowly bent down to check your shoelace.
It was perfectly tied, to the minutest detail. The butterfly shape was beautiful.
You felt for the tip, hesitated and pulled it apart till everything came loose.
I frowned, hands akimbo, waiting.
You retied the left. Untied the right. Retied the right. Just when you were about to straighten up, you bent down again to redo your left.
Untie, retie, tie.
Like a beast I tore away your shoes and hurled them across the sky, together with mine.
We stared at each other in silence.
And started to walk. Bare-footed. Together. In grace.

我向别人求婚，也很自然。