Atlas of Ochre

A sodden field presents here an earthy challenging expanse A small determined rider poised to give motion its first chance The two-wheeled challenge trembles as it makes uncertain advance The skeletal contraption waits to start its purposeful dance A push a small stutter-step the pedals make their clumsy plea One wheel's revolution struggles as it meets earth's harsh decree A sideways yaw now spins the rider quite suddenly unfree His silent metal partner shares the fall on one planted knee The soft earth takes a gentle hold A landing cushioned and controlled This ochre mud now paints his skin The new thick track lines now begin Maps unfold from deep within Worlds to chart where none have been Again he pushes off movements cautious tentative once more Legs work newly-crafted levers pushing through the muddy floor Handlebars trace arcs of balance as they teeter to and fore While gravity's relentless pull threatens what he's striving for A steady balance now achieved a pathway forward is cast His wheels cut through the dampened soil as motion grows gaining fast The blurry greens and browns connect as landscapes go rushing past This fragile kinetic sculpture now moves steadily at last The spokes hum rhythms soft and clear A steady course he tries to steer This ochre mud now paints his skin The new thick track lines now begin Maps unfold from deep within Worlds to chart where none have been He is like a small cartographer on shifting land you see Now charting a brief dominion over gravity's decree Each wobble asks a question where only motion holds the key The answer found in forward speed and brand new velocity This muddy field his first true atlas where forces interlink A living map that's created not with fading paper ink But with pathways etched by motion found along the muddy brink As prior limitations start to fade away and shrink Old limits now starting to fade New forward progress slowly made This ochre mud now paints his skin The new thick track lines now begin Maps unfold from deep within Worlds to chart where none have been Remember a sodden shifting earth the challenge on that ground Where tentative explorations made a softly whirring sound Until the steady kinetic flow could finally be found The atlas mapped the limits shrunk new horizons all around