Motionless
By Erundur Anwamehtar
09/21/2005
A motorcycle lays beaten and bruised
lonely on the pavement
lights flicker and flare into dozens of windows
driving past a cycle down
A motorcycle lays beaten and bruised
a flash goes off, the scene now stored
forever on digital memory
sleuths decipher the moment: later
A motorcycle lays beaten and bruised
riderless on the pavement
the engine slowed, ceased
the force not withstood
A motorcycle lays beaten and bruised
wreckage strewn around
can’t hold it together
can’t hold it forever
A motorcycle lays beaten and bruised
life fleeting on the pavement