Word Play

I tried to take small
s                     
   t                 
      e   
         p
            s
down the street,
to give her more time
a     a  r
   p          t
from the whole
FIGHT!
but I couldn't
STOP.
myself from r..u..n..n..i..n..g..
back to tell her
that I was sorry,
I forgot
my cell on the coffee table.