outside the wind is blowing
the local news said around 20 mph

it’s only 35 degrees out there
so with the breezy wind it’s mighty cold

but I went for a bike ride anyways
peddled only 4-1/2 miles
before I thought it was enough

I was frozen
like a popsicle
by the time I arrived home

an hour later
my ears are still red
my body is darn right cold

I sit here
in front of a heater
trying to warm up
and hoping, kind of praying too,
that my computer doesn’t freeze up

but what can I do
when it’s too cold out
to ride my bike other places
just to get out
to not feel stuck and deserted

I think
dream a little too
while I am here alone
because
there’s no place like home
even when I want to be someplace else

home is where I can do anything I want to
and nobody would know the difference
or be any wiser as to who I really am,
as to the things circling my mind