Riding with Anna

Gray and cold and cloudy today
The wheels whrrr and humm
The chill on my legs and arms and chest
Of fall and winter soon
The road is dark and trees are close
And Anna rides the lead
Whrrr and humm the wheels go round
And chain it sqeaks below

Gray and cold and cloudy today
The wheels whrrr and humm
She smiles a second and she asks me
"How far are we to ride?
Whrrr and humm the wheels go round
Along the shoreline we glide
The water is cold and black
It chills our legs and hands

The bikes below us slide along
On green gray asphalt lane
As the birds in flocks fly South
The air is chill and ice
We ride closer upon the lane

"Which way" she says, the road splits in two
"Ride left" I say, my breath is cool
Whrrr and humm the wheels below
Around us now the forest grows closer
And the air is crisp and cold and snap
The forest engulfs us all around
Side by side along this lane we ride
Cool and cold and cloudy gray
But we are warm and happy today





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