AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune—I myself am good fortune;
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Strong and content, I travel the open road.
The earth—that is sufficient;
I do not want the constellations any nearer;
I know they are very well where they are;
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1900)
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2 comments:
I love Walt Whitman! Thanks for that - and for the photos.
Beautiful.
I envy your Zen-like oneness with the bike!
Great poem and pics. :-)
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