night ride

riding my bike through the unusually warm night air dress bunched above my thighs bare legs wonderful in the breeze the day at my back and home somewhere in front but now i'm here here on a dark street whizzing through night always looks to me like a kaleidoscope of lights and haloes and outlines of figures but at the moment it is cool and dark wrapping around me the only things real are the pavement immediately ahead and my legs pumping and the wind on my face and i am unaware and content.