You let go of your handlebars
As if to relinquish control
back to the universe
You stretched your arms
Straightened your spine
Softened your shoulders
And let your body free
Your arms waved in rhythm
Your head rocked side to side
Your face relaxed completely
And nothing else mattered
Not the pain of peddling
Not the hundreds of eyes
Not the torturous sight of inclines
…None of what filled my mind
And you—in but a snapshot moment
Took on a higher form
Embodied a radiance via surrender
That the grind in me couldn’t understand
Until I tried it—until I surrendered
And remembered what it was like—
Yes, remembered once again
How to actually live in the here.
P.s. You can read my other poems here.