Sunday, July 11, 2021

Riders


          

They rise with the dusk, the dead and the missing,

Trying to tell me in minor keys what they know now,

                         but have no language.

 The air is against us.

Behind me in half-light they ride, racing toward night,

                         twisting the handle for speed,

                         the hills rushing toward us,

                         the clouds keeping their distance,

Full throttle into the dark.