Prompt:

They said don’t follow the sun, Kicheko you’ll burn your paws clean through He said “I’ve already got scars for shoes what’s one more thing to lose?” So he ran— Through dust and prophecy through lion teeth and legacy through “no one ever catches Him” and “no one ever should” The lions laughed from ivory jaws “that thing is not a threat” until he bit the shadow first and said “not done yet, not yet” Kicheko, Kicheko, running wrong but running right Kicheko, Kicheko, arguing with daylight Solaris turns, the sky gets tense the sun says “why do I hear paws again?” He chased Him through a burning field through myths and broken pride and every time the sun looked back he had to run and hide Then one day at the edge of time Solaris finally spun around and said “why are you still following me?” Kicheko said: “Because every time you stop, I get closer.”