Travel takes me
To places I could never imagine
Experiences I could never dream
Worlds which seem alien
So I stay
Experience all I can
Give reign to imagination
Until the alien seems mundane
Tag: China
On a hot desert highway
On a hot desert highway
No wind in the air
Half way across Xinjiang
I stop to photograph there
No wind in the air
Half way across Xinjiang
I stop to photograph there
Loading up with a new roll
I click, advancing the film
The shot I take is of a shadow world
I’m astride my bike as if in another realm
An Anonymous Celebrity
On a cycling tour of China
Across that vast country
I took a sidelong glance
At becoming a celebrity
Across that vast country
I took a sidelong glance
At becoming a celebrity
In every little town
On every major street
No matter where I went
All eyes fell on me
Smart phones and donkey carts
I live in a world
Of smartphones and donkey carts
Of poverty I have known
And poverty I cannot imagine
Of wealth I have known
And wealth I cannot fathom
Of smartphones and donkey carts
Of poverty I have known
And poverty I cannot imagine
Of wealth I have known
And wealth I cannot fathom
The Open-hearted Joy of a Child
There is nothing quite like
The open-hearted joy of a child
Such a presence is a gift
Reminding me that everything
Is going to be just fine
The open-hearted joy of a child
Such a presence is a gift
Reminding me that everything
Is going to be just fine
To ride
It’s a little like water skiing, slalom, on a lake of glass. The sand between scattered clumps of thorny, ground-hugging scrub. Tires floating. Subtle adjustments on the handlebars as the tail slides, as the bike leans and yaws, as the turn that will right it comes around, slowly, slowly. Pedaling, pedaling.
Desert Fan
Hoarding precious moisture
Tenacious flora on the floor
Perpetual winds in the sky
Until rare torrents fall
Tumbling down the mountainsides
Muddy brown and rocky
Fearless
Fearless
I would fail less
Or more
I would fail less
Or more
I would never fail
For fear of trying
I would fail
For reaching further
Than I could grasp
A land to be traversed
Steel, stone and sand
A land where no one
And no thing
Lingers long
A land to be
Traversed
A land where no one
And no thing
Lingers long
A land to be
Traversed
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