Solo Bike Ride

Riding uphill

Out of breath

Sing a little song

The wheels sing with me

Looking down

Rugged coast, rocky ocean

White church, sharp steeple

Quaint

Unknown lives

A little lost

Downhill

Estuary’s quiet waters

Slippery gravel

Bunny!

Peace

Quiet redwood forest

Daisy path

Snowy flowers peppered with

Yellow buttercups

Quickening my pace

Fly around the corner

Scare a baby deer

I’m sorry

The sun is warm

It smells like summer

But the cool air bites

The soft flesh on the back of my arms

Should turn back

Want to keep going