The trees seemed to breathe more at night.There was a freshness in the airlike the world was being born again.Steam billowed from the machineand danced upmixing with my breath.I rode on into the black,leaves scurrying from the tires,startled by this strange one-eyed beast.I always wanted to remember these moments,alone on the roadthe smell of wood-burning somewhere,and wet cut grass covered with tomorrow’s dew.Fast I’d ride,deep into the ghostly night,wind in my face,eyes screaming tears,blurring the sky into diamonds,and my engine,in its symphony,became my silence,a knife’s edge to the numb worldmy blissful blurry road. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com