{derby}

youthful and free, yet so fragile!
i must wait to run till i can crawl.
for my bones are weak in development,
and i need for you to let me mature.

yet you won't wait.
you'll never wait!

all you ever do is force me
to run until my heart and my breath
collide.

and i fall.
i need you to know that
i am not strong enough for this.

[ready-set-go]

exhausted, i push forth.

[inhale/exhale]
[inhale/exhale]
[inhale/exhale]
[inhale/exhale]
[inhale/exhale]

[exhale--]

and my ankles burst under me.
remember when i nudged you
to tell you
let me take a break!

oh, their money is on this!

{they are using me
to gain money?}

why can't you wait till i'm fully grown?

better yet...
why use me at all?