Today I went for a bike ride. We’re in a heat wave So I rode under the cover of dusk, Listening to the sweet melodies of the crickets. I didn’t think there’d be another heat wave, We’re on number four already. But I guess this is how it is now. It didn’t used to be like this. The sky is pink and orange, The July air smells faintly of smoke And reminds me of summers long ago. The kind of summer that I long for, The one I spend my winter days anticipating, The kind that I haven’t had in a while. It’s still sweet, But not sweet enough. It didn’t used to be like this. Remember how we used to bike? Everyday? And now I only do it When I can find the time. No. Truthfully, It’s when I can find the motivation to get off the couch, And search for the feeling that I once had. Yet I still can’t find the motivation To answer all my texts. Sarah, it didn’t used to be like this. As the sun sets around me, I think about how we would race the lingering light, Praying we’d get you home Before the light died, And I wonder Would that still be the rule If you had stayed here with me?