Bike Path

Bike Path

(“You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.” Leviticus 10:10)

In the background, gnats stirred the heavy molecules of summer air;

dragonflies darted and parted the thin walls of warmth rising from the pavement,

the deer were in the shadows, bullfrogs greeted the ear with throaty baritone and

blue jays argued over a corner of sandwich crust left on the picnic table.

The bike ride listed from left of the forest to the bottom hollow out of the sun.

Midmorning sun traced the letters silkscreened on the back of the rider’s t-shirt

while he found the rhythm, feet like pistons on the pedals, and breathing between

each well-timed downthrust. Exercise, prayer and meditation aligned as

Breath and mind paid attention to the cycloramic portrait

and loved the new words found to describe the Artist of it all..