On riding bikes with eyes closed.

I go for regular bikerides to places I feel like going-- downtown, palace, the book café, whatever. I like to close my eyes and pedal as far as I can. Usually it’s only for a few seconds because some part of me instantly opens my eyelids defying my willpower. That few seconds always feels so much longer, though, like I’ve lasted a year. I think it’s because closing your eyes is grounding, you don’t feel connected to everything around you, maybe you are, but you don’t feel like it. Or maybe it’s even that you feel more connected to everything around you. Regardless, It’s that rational impulse to open your eyes that ruins everything, that desire for survival, or instinct for survival? I’m not really sure which. But I figure if I keep closing my eyes, the grounding sensation will get longer, or maybe I’ll get hit by a car. Who knows.