Skateboard and Skateboarder

Keep going.

I saw him walking

Then I saw him run.

I saw him alone

Under the setting sun.

I saw him step on,

I saw him mount

Slowly

Then fast

I saw him roll.

I saw him gain confidence

I saw him grin

I saw him fly

I saw him with his arms stretched out.

Then I saw him crouch

I saw him jump

I saw it fly

I saw him fall.

I saw him land

He landed hard

And lay there

Arms spread out

Breathing hard:

I didn’t think I could fall.

But I saw him roll over

I saw him kneel.

Hands on his knees

A spinning wheel.

Squeaking faintly

His skateboard

Upside down

On the ground.

Then

I saw him sit back up

I saw him crawl

I saw him pick it up.

The squeaking stopped

He put it down.

Right side up

He put a foot on it

He tried again.

And this time

He knew he wouldn’t fall and

He didn’t.

Author's Note

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