Cycling – 20 March 2024
in memory of Alicia Celaya Jauregui 

in slow-paced motion
                 in the beauty of the morning …

out on a bike
            in the still
               of a crisp Autumn day
                    opening fresh in offering

in easy slow-paced cyclical motion
               in the beauty of the morning …

gracefully gliding
             down the winding bending downhill
                        with effortless inhalation
                                     the air invigorating

in continual easy slow-paced cyclical motion
                        in the beauty of the morning …

       departing in the distance out of sight …
                      travelling onwards, onwards, homeward bound …
                      

Cyclist Alicia Celaya Jauregui died when a speeding car crossed the wrong side of the road at the Lady Denman traffic lights.

This was particularly poignant because I cycled across the lights a few hours before the tragedy and a few hours afterwards. It is a very busy cycling route from Belconnen to the City of Canberra.

Richard Scutter