I just wanna ride...

three pieces to my heart

"I want to ride. The weather today, sucks. The third day of hard rain, river is over it's banks. After 5 days of sun and dry roads. This after 5 days of rain that fell after the wettest April on record and a 100 year flood which has happened for the 4th time in the 24 years I've lived here. I want to ride so I can forget about the ruined pasture, forget about my un-mowed lawn that will now require harvesting. I want to ride so I can deny my financial realities and taunt my whithering gray matter. I just want to ride; to leave behind my child's special ed meetings and decompress my silent screams for his potential. I just want to ride, with arms around my lover, lulled by those vintage pipes, tickled by the scent of his leathers as we roll along in the primordial soup of it all. I just want to ride; to squint at the sun, feel the wind on my face and leave my worries in the dust of my door yard. I just want to ride...long enough to forget the bad-ass world and sooth my soul in the ride.
if only it would stop raining."
 I wrote this on my Bikers Post journal, earlier this week when it was still raining. I thought it was worth sharing on a motorcycle enthusiast site. But it garnered few responses. Perhaps too poetic for that posse of bikers. It is an interesting site to me, though. To follow discussions from riding in rain to why folks joined the site is a tiny glimpse into my mid-life obsession. It's a study in what draws remarks as many of the responses are short-and-sweet and often swelling with bravado. I hope to learn more about motorcycles, places, tricks to the adventure. 
  Like facebook, it's a 'social' network, yet they don't really replace the need to touch, hear, see each other. Kinda interesting to see how it will play out in 10 years. But still, when there is too much time in my lap, the weather is gloomy and my brain is foggy with disease, these sites offer a glimpse of a world bigger than my little piece of a small town.
 The bike is still in the shop for much needed upgrades  (I'm surprised how strong my affection for it has become) and the computer is still on my desk but the sky is blue for now and the list of life is calling. I believe I'll go visit the bike and plot our next road trip... it's about time to raise a some hell and disturb a little peace. Ride on. ~ ell

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