if i ride

if i ride, i'll know the way the trees smell after the rain.
i will grow a heart so strong that hospitals will take tuesdays off.
if i ride uphill i will eventually get to ride downhill,
that's how it works.
if i ride my breath would fill the air,
instead of smoking car exhaust.
if i ride, road rage would turn into laughter.
and i won't be a boy, or a girl, i will just be a rider.
if i ride, i can wear spandex, like spiderman.
and the planet would cool down and survive,
and thank me for riding with flowers and glaciers
and fireflies and snow days off from school.
if i ride, i will be strong.
i will change tires myself.
if i ride, i will only use oil on my chain,
and oil tankers would haul chocolate milk.
this is my poem to biking.


+listening to: nothing