If I can be still
For just a moment longer
If I can be present
In all this shadow and blur
Will the world make more sense
Will anyone see
Me
An added vibrance
To the sky
Reminds me
Of your presence
The days a little brighter
The nights a little lighter
My life a little better
All for reasons
I cannot comprehend
No simple explanation
But a simple truth
My life a little better
I hear pavement’s texture
Know the coarse and the smooth
From the form of a wave in my ear
I feel it
Transferred from tires
To frame
To chassis
To the wheel beneath my hands
The pedal and floor beneath my feet
The seat enveloping my body
I draw a breath
Feel the cool
Know the day
Is past
Because somewhere
Is always a state of mind
And my mind is always somewhere
A small man
Of no small mass
A big heart
A wise soul
Both worn
Close to the surface
Not by touch
Nor sight
Nor sound
Not by smell
Like a sphere of presence
A sphere of influence
Because others
Feel me, this way
And I feel them
Like I know them
Except
Perhaps
Sunrise
I am naught but wire
Wrapping a steel skeleton
On top of which rests
A pattern of thoughts
There was I
Enthralled in such luminous presence
And all I wanted
Was to worship her
