Love & Bikes

from Out With Lanterns, a daily poetry practice

Our daughters weren’t home
so my husband and I dusted 
off the bikes and rode them
around town like little kids. 
We biked to a brewery 
for beers and a burger.
We biked to a friend’s house
for a barbecue. It’s nothing
remarkable, except that 
I noticed how he rode in front,
turning back every block 
to make sure I was ok,
how he pointed out potholes
and reminded me, as we turned 
onto a busy street, to watch
for opening car doors. 
He doesn’t want anything
to happen to me, wants me safe. 
Such tenderness. Such a blessing
to be so carefully loved.

Photo by Tiffany Nguyen on Unsplash