After many many months I rode my nine-year old Trek 7100 cycle to work. The lovely cool morning evoked the deep bonding that we shared for many years. Many roads we have explored, many mountains we have climbed, on cool nights and hot days, many friends we have made, both of us gracefully ageing silver, he on his body and me on my head. Here is how I felt today as a poem titled “a silvery bonding”.