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f l y i n g: a longboarding visual

June 6, 2014
By thatawkwardkid GOLD, Sarasota, Florida
thatawkwardkid GOLD, Sarasota, Florida
14 articles 1 photo 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
"My Chemical Romance is done, but it can never die."
-Gerard Arthur Way, MCR


Hand skims the road

Hair flies out behind you

Crouching on your board

You see for miles

Simple mundane figures flash past

They all

Melt into one

They don’t matter anymore

You are unstoppable

Heart drums along

To the tune in your head

And to the constant hum

Of the wheels against pavement

Right yourself

Kick off the ground

Bank left

Soar right

Flying, you are

Flying through your own sky,

The misty worn streets

Longboard, the wings

Carving and skidding along

The gray rough sky

Simple mundane figures

Don’t matter anymore

You fly faster than them

You are unstoppable

Hand skims the ground once more

As you crouch on the board

Grinning

Because flying,

You are.


The author's comments:
nothing compares to longboarding. no other feeling like it.

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on Jun. 18 2014 at 2:49 am
Miss_Orange SILVER, Makati, Other
6 articles 0 photos 112 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm OK, I'm Fine and I'm alright are the greatest lies people tell each other everyday." By Me.

hey kid!, I know I already told you this but I also wanted to post a comment. Good imagery on this one. it makes the reader feel like they're actually riding on a longboard. I don't even skate well, LOL. but yeah, good peice.

on Jun. 18 2014 at 2:30 am
Roseate PLATINUM, San Ramon, California
35 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is too short to be anything but happy."

Totally love the imagery and how it all just runs together the way the "simple mundane figures" melt together. I noticed how the whole thing is just one sentence (there's only one period), and I just love that it mimics the feeling and sights the speaker is feeling/seeing. The words are just so right on and just ugh, loveee this.