Youth

[Bianca Alabaster]

Skateboard hits the pavement

oh yeah, virgin asphalt!

into the street he goes

teenager without rules

10/7/2010
© Bianca

[billy]

i love this line lol;

oh yeah, virgin asphalt!

for a short poem it's quiet expansive.

thanks for the read Bianca

[Bianca Alabaster]

thanks, U r welcome. Believe it or not, that skateboarder used to be me! I saw a kid yesterday on a street called Broadway, fresh new blacktop. It was like slowmotion ...

I drove past in my car
he was on the sidewalk
he came to the start of the black top
he jumped the curb
a big smirk on his face, hair flipping up
and the board went smack!

down on the black
he pushed off fast
headed into the traffic
without concern... I could feel the smoothe board under me - just like I was 16!

I smiled a deep soul smile and then time sped up to normal and that skateboard sound

was heard diminishing in the distance. I thought of my brother. We used to skateboard together every day, I was quite the tomboy. We'd grab the bumpers of cars in our neighborhood and hang on until they sped up to 30 mph. (Shh, don't tell my mother!)

[addy]

The mood isn't just buoyant, it's practically weightless. who doesn't love being a kid?

[Bianca Alabaster]

you got that right! The good old days.

[heslopian]

A tiny, unadorned image, simply related, and yet saying so much. Love the second line. Thanks Bianca