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My Urban Playground
The sun rises at a snail-like pace
over the dark and chilly city
The sun gives its light to us
again showing us our ways
the urban jungle becomes filled with life again
as the daylight noises resume their reign
I steadily stride toward a certain building
with its dark blue grimy walls becoming skinned
its looking glasses fragmented and split
and not even a soul living within its confinement
for that is where my everyday adventures begin
As the blazing fire in the sky continues to show itself
from its large orange state, to a small yellow orb
the passage of time slowly walks by
as I warm up so I do not seal my fate
This city. will soon become my playground
Suddenly, I dash towards towards the vertical ground of the building
like a spider trying to escape the clutches of a human
I crawl up the wall with the mind of achieving my goal of getting higher
I escape onto the roof and charge towards the gap between the two establishments
I soar across the sky like a falcon riding the wind
As I am in the air i can feel my stomach drop to the ground
but the feeling of excitement counteracts its weight
I silently land onto the next structure
my world turns upside down as I roll to soften my touchdown
the feeling I have makes me feel light as a feather
I bolt towards the next crevice between the buildings
As I leap I rotate my self forward
the ground turned into the sky
I can feel the invisible wind touch my face with its cold hands
it silently screams at me in my ears
the sky transforms back into the ground as I curl myself again.
I sprint toward a wall between two structures.
Gravity turns off as I freely run across the barrier
to make it to the other side
over rifts to higher canopies I race and fly to ascend to the highest I can
Street walkers look up in disbelief
They become witnesses as they watch me defy the laws of the human being
Some give me salutes while few have given me foul admonish
I continue to fly across the sky.
I know I am one hundred feet high both in the air and in spirit
I halted at the corner of an infrastructure
gazing upon my urban playground.
the view brings a joyful smile to my face
I scan the sky for the universal light bulb
only to see it says its goodbye
As it takes back its light, I have become a ninja
a shadow of the night.
I descend from building to building with my sound muted
for I do not want to become a difficulty or a disturbance
as I finally arrival on the concrete floor I look up
knowing that I have had another great adventure.
I trot to my home. wondering what else my playground
has in store for me
