BIKING ON MY MIND

*photos by Erin Secretarski

So there

Then and there

I left my bike,

And took a hike.

I looked back and my bike,

‘Meandering along upright

Had followed behind.

I’m one with my bike.

My bike I do like.

I have bike,

Biking on my mind!

As along I rode

A riverside ride

The gravel seemed

To talk,

“Crunch crunch”

It said

“You’re free

You’re free,”

I heard,

My ride,

My ride spoke to me

My ride,

My ride by the stream.

Grinding gravel

On my gravel grinder

Like coursers

We flew

Gray gravel beneath,

Above azure blue,

Riding, riding

Round road’s bend

My Spirit renewed

I thought, dreamed,

Wher’st will’st -

Where will my

Trail

END?

5/21/2023

tom tenbrunsel

Carl Sandburg Writer 2023