(Saw an old bike last evening leaning into an enormous cathedral from medieval times. The bike’s been there for years, just leaning into ancient stone…as if it wanted the church itself to be its headstone!)

An old black belgian bike now leans on a cathedral
in soft sea white light of evening here.
It was there the last time I visited, and hasn’t moved an inch since.
I don’t think anyone would steal it,
as it’s heart is no longer for sale.
Maybe it just decided to stop; having offered it’s last ride one morning,
Besides, it had to anchor somewhere, why not a cathedral in a port town!
People have always leaned their bikes here
or tied their horses to the arches of this old church…But, this one
hasn’t left in years. I’ll probably end up leaning into
an old Church too, just like it, still holding design and evening in time;
good place to eventually lean, it won’t be torn down anytime soon, The Church,
and angels live there, seems smart to lean into…
and we all end up leaning somewhere, into something anyway. Regardless,
nice to see this bike again in evening’s last light.