Hey Girl - Let's go for a ride

Hey Girl, Let’s go for a ride

 

 

When I text her, Hey want to go for a ride

She never replies yes, she always thinks twice

 

What time she asks, I say lets meet at six

Oh! That’s early, in her mind infinite plans twist

 

When do we get back, I say how about ten?

Oh! That’s late, but when she’s on the saddle, it’s her Zen

 

To be able to meet the time, she’s got to be in bed by nine

Wake up at five, set things up for whom she calls mine

 

She always gets it right and when they wake up, nothing is a miss

Breakfast ready, Garbage out, Coffee in the filter, no one can dis

 

We meet on time, glad the next four hours is ours to unwind

So stylish with all that gear, legs on that pedal ready to grind

 

 

She hopes only to ride and not think about what the day has in store

It’s never easy -  work, parents, kids, pets, partner and all those chores

 

As she pedals for hours three,

Her restlessness I begin to feel,

It’s like Cinderella’s time check, she looks at her watch

Let’s push harder she says and take it up a notch

 

I see her breathe harder and those calves are stronger

She is doing this for herself, when many would say why bother

 

 

As we part away, our eyes meet, with a smile, we bid goodbye

She’s got no time for a hug or a chat about the ride, she starts to fly

 

 

She reaches home, the dog is thrilled to see her back

Kids are jumping, parents worried, partner does not ack

 

She showers up quick and goes back to her den

Not thinking a moment of how it went

 

 

How do I know all this ?  How do I feel her anguish and pain

I am a woman too, who rides, and we ride for mental gain

 

When we want more women to ride we don’t ask a  lot

Just saddle up, show up, it’s that simple, is it not?

 

That day may come when we are all treated as one

It’s a long journey though, until then let’s ride, Come !