Pedals turn on frozen ridge
Where Saxifraga claims the stone
Breath clouds rise from carbon bridge
Roots grip deep in ice unknown
Tires kiss the ancient scree
Carbon writes new history
Dryas blooms on broken stone
Patient roots claim ice their own
Glacial velodrome turns slow
Where stone and snow and rider go
Lichen counts the passing years
Patient as the soil appears
Handlebars shake on basalt floor
Salix polaris clings tight
Temple doors sealed long before
Sleep beneath the frozen light
Glacial velodrome turns slow
Where stone and snow and rider go
Lichen counts the passing years
Patient as the soil appears
Carbon fiber meets the schist
Photosynthesis halts at noon
Roots and wheels in silence kissed
Spring will come but not too soon
Chain rings bite the crystalline
Where Cassiope slowly grows
Pedal stroke becomes a line
Written where the cold wind blows
Summit temple holds its breath
Silene acaulis tucked in
Cyclist pauses cheating death
Where the ancient stones begin
Glacial velodrome turns slow
Where stone and snow and rider go
Lichen counts the passing years
Patient as the soil appears
Patient as the soil appears
Wheels cease turning on the stone
Roots and rider wait alone
