Poem for Kevin Wilson
I finished the ride for you Kevin
You were riding your bike on Dehesa Road
When death came in the steel skin of a car.
Saturday I cycled that same road into Harbison Canyon
Then struggled up Mountain View Road to Crest
Thankful for the pain that showed me I was alive.
I’m older than you were then, and likely not so fit
But fortune is a bitch that fears not God nor justice
The priest says to believe in the life of the soul
But is that like believing in ghosts?
I will try to see your spirit walking to my house to bring the mail
And I’ll try to see your spirit where foolish men like you and me
Travel highways only on the power of our breakable bodies.
Maybe I’ll see you best when I am struggling to climb
And not knowing when I’ll arrive at the top.
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