By Kindred_Spirit49
Date: 2013 Aug 23
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Old Bikers Lament


Legs stretched to the chrome
as the wind sucks at his clothes
pulling his sleeves up past
the color….
.... tattooed on  muscled arms
and a cool chill touches his face
as the shadows
..are cast long across the road
the sun …. clinging to the sky
just four fingers above the horizon
while the heat….rising..
.. from the motorcycle engine
is a welcome warmth upon the thighs
......there is an orange colored tinge
to the leaves  that dress the trees
which now speed past
on the side of the road
and the wheat fields
.....stand barren
stripped of their summer cover
of  weeks ago....
.....the smell of fall is in the air
and it’s coolness ...
penetrates the gray beard
and permeates the brain
while the last butterfly of summer
splatters against the white T-shirt
and the dull ache in his shoulder
from that crash last summer
reminds the old biker
winter is coming
and the long ride of summer....
...... is about over