50-50 Grind to Sleep

I've always wanted to skateboard

A human version of flying without drifting too far

Hoverboarding into the future while keeping it 90s rad

Yet I'm terrified of falling

Like that moment where you just about drift off to sleep

Your head heavily tilts and CRASH

You jolt awake

Feeling the true meaning and sensation of falling asleep

And you wonder

If only you had wheels or a rope

Kite string

Shoelace

Something to tether you to this world so you don't just float away

Forgotten

Left to slumber

To die (peacefully, no?)

But instead, we Franken-bolt into consciousness

Avoid the endless bottom with thick concrete waiting for your splatter

No mohawk spike helmet will save you from the crash

And so,

I play Tony Hawk Pro Skater on the Switch

While parked safely on the couch

Where falling and failure won't ever bruise me

But just might make my thumbs sore

My back a little achy,

And my pride a tad less flashy