it seemed so very easy to ride that day

I rode toward some one or someones so dear to me

It seems like forever since I saw them so I sped up. For many weeks I hadn't been able to bring my weary muscles to respond quite right but then I road like I was flying. Across the desert that didn't provide shade. There was nothing to keep me going only the hope of seeing them

I reached my end. There they were supposed to be. there was the dog still following me

then empty silence

desolate

I drag myself back to my bike and turn and go back. Riding back across the desert I feel the hot wind sucking the moisture from me. I hadn't noticed it before but now it was fierce. My legs would move like they should. I was once faster than the wind but now I couldn't even be sure I moved at all.

I didn't see anything around me. only silence.

I was alone once again