Takes a few miles
to get there.
Gotta get warmed up
calibrate to conditions
get through the lights
outta traffic.

Find a rhythm
a gear ratio
a cadence
a speed
in sync
with threshold
breathing.

The road unfolds into
coming coming coming
gone gone gone
…coming coming coming…
…gone gone gone…

Between coming and gone
is me
stilling.

Selected byLawrence George
Image credit:Vernon Raineil Cenzon
Tom Strong

Thomas J Strong

 

Retired and living in Minnesota.