Biking With My Boys

They race in front of me,
legs, pumping pistons.

I do my best to catch up,
gone are days I flew
carrying the weight of two
on back of my metal tail.

Now they spin their own wheels,
create winds to turn my world.

Miriam Manglani lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and three children. She graduated with a degree in English from Brandeis University and works full-time as a Technical Training Manager. Her poems have been published in various magazines and journals including Sparks of Calliope, Red Eft Review, One Art, Glacial Hills Review, and Paterson Literary Review. Her poetry chapbook, Ordinary Wonders, was published by Prolific Press, and her poetry book manuscript, Invisible Lines, was published by Kelsay Books. Read her published work on her website: https://www.miriammanglani.com