Bike Thoughts

Legs working

Everything smooth

Quietly breathing

Sunrise hidden in cloudbank



Day softly illuminates

Cows watching, wondering

One horse trots the fenceline

Dogs guard their territories

Rising temperatures

Burn back clouds

Heating mesquite blossoms

Heavily into air


Sweat slicks my arms,

happy for the breeze downhill brings

Rasping , I make the top,

stopping for water and a fig bar,

smelling the briar rose climbing a cornerbar

While watching zebras whisk wiry tails patiently

in the shade of the live oak we shared.

Bees bumble, furry legs walking, while tasting my bike


25 miles.

Now I only pedal

Heat melting up from sealcoat

Blistered palms slipping on grips

Slower, yet still I pedal

Back into town,

peaceful sounds of early Texas morning surrender

to whistling trains and humming dually tires



Three miles to go

Slower, still I roll

Calcio cat, ’61 vw

Scent of lavender

Wheels roll into my driveway

A beautiful morning

To wash my bike!!