Thanks for taking me

in the dark

i hid underneath a halfpipe

listening to people

go up

down

back up

and then

down again

i held the  kneepads

 i got for christmas

 to my chest

the way i hugged my dog

when i first learned

i couldn't see

grandma

 anymore

in two hours

my dad

would pick me up

and

ask how it went

i would tell him

i learned lots of new tricks