Boston.

Shock.
Confusion.
Anger.
Sorrow.

What words cannot express, impressions do.

Sounds of people saying, "We need help" heard over the sounds of panic and explosions.

Photographs of bloody running shoes, and downed runners. Still life, frozen forever.

News accounts not playing up the death toll, but of injuries with an emphasis on "Amputations."

And yet we saw footage of marathon runners heading straight into the explosion and aftermath, towards the injured; towards the finish line.

If you have to ask why they didn't stop and run in the opposite direction, you wouldn't understand the answer anyway.

Runners go only in one direction: Forward.

May we follow that example in the aftermath, and keep running forward.