Morning Ride, a Poem About Not Thinking

Last Updated on April 8, 2025 by Candice Landau

This poem is excerpted from Embers & Amber, a collection of poetry by Candice Landau that explores love, loss, memory, and becoming.

The wind spoke to me
the whole ride in
incessant chatter
burbling at my silence.
And the sun
just thick enough for me
to ignore her too.
Between the extremes
this fall a blanket
I can use a little while longer.

Candice Landau

I'm a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, a lover of marine life and all efforts related to keeping it alive and well, a tech diver and an underwater photographer and content creator. I write articles related to diving, travel, and living kindly and spend my non-diving time working for a scuba diving magazine, reading, and well learning whatever I can.