"The Death Trap"

The sun is scorching through the clear cloudless skies, making the black tar covering the pavement boil as if the pits of Hell itself were directly beneath. Not even a simple deer would brave it across the 10 feet of blackened highway. The only shade available would be provided by the immense oak trees scattered alongside the ditch on either side, but with the blinding sun directly above, there is not one patch of shade covering the highway for miles. In the distance a faint, but constant roar can be heard. The sound resembles that of 1,000 demons screaming as they chase their prey. The sound is getting louder and louder and as if no time at all had passed, the beast flies by, scorching the very pavement as if it were aflame itself. Just as soon as it could be seen, it disappeared into the distance once more. What was this monstrous creature? Could it have been a demon from the tales we heard as children? No, this was no demon, but a mere mortal man, a man on a mission, a mission to ride. To find freedom, to chase his passion and to escape the everyday monotonous life that many are forced to accept. This freedom he had been tirelessly searching for could be found sitting atop 2 wheels as the engine below screams down the highway, cutting effortlessly through the wind as if it were a warm knife through butter. The heat from the sun desperately trying to catch up to him as he leaves it choking in the dust behind him. The smell of the warm grassy air fills his nostrils as he burns through every twist and turn as if it were nothing more than a slight bend in the road grinding bit by bit from the pegs beneath his feet. As he grasps the throttle and pulls back, his heart races and the blood in his veins pump with force through every inch of his body with every lunge the bike makes. With every gear he shifts through, the hair on his neck raises and his determination increases. He is unstoppable, he is mighty, and he has found exactly what he had been looking for... freedom... He is me, never looking back.