I'm not completely sure why I wrote this one, or when I wrote it. It was just one of those experimental type of poems. I tried to capture an image or a meaningful moment, and metaphoricalise the meaning as something more than just a moment, or memory, but a lifetime experience. Of course, it's not based on an experience I encountered, which is why I called it experimental. I can safely say, I still don't know how to cycle!
'Childhood' is commonly used as a metonymy of one of these experiences. When you revisit that day you first learned to cycle, the first thing that sits in your mind is 'childhood.' For that reason, I believe the title is well suited to the poem.
From the door shut,
You've known my name.
Walk the path,
You did the same.
Grab the moment and start our bond
Teach me now, forever fond.
Hitch me up and come along
Arm around arm,
Our balance strong.
Start over the road into the fast,
The speed I'll go, is how far you cast.
Living it up by helmet safe.
Fear to let go, I'll be brave.
Let me go and I'll go my way,
On and on into this early day.
Speed off the road, you let me free.
The sound of wind and, briefly, sea.
You taught me how to live free of fear,
As a child, in depths I did care.
To know if I fall you're always here,
Call you to rescue, you're always near.
But, I expect that not, your call at bay.
I'll promise to go on, you can just stay.
Don't stand there hoping to rescue again,
Because this is the moment when
The world seems huge when I am small,
But I will go on steady and tall.
You be happy, to see me go as you like,
Because after all,
You taught me to cycle my bike ♥
'Childhood' is commonly used as a metonymy of one of these experiences. When you revisit that day you first learned to cycle, the first thing that sits in your mind is 'childhood.' For that reason, I believe the title is well suited to the poem.
Childhood
You've known my name.
Walk the path,
You did the same.
Grab the moment and start our bond
Teach me now, forever fond.
Hitch me up and come along
Arm around arm,
Our balance strong.
Start over the road into the fast,
The speed I'll go, is how far you cast.
Living it up by helmet safe.
Fear to let go, I'll be brave.
Let me go and I'll go my way,
On and on into this early day.
Speed off the road, you let me free.
The sound of wind and, briefly, sea.
You taught me how to live free of fear,
As a child, in depths I did care.
To know if I fall you're always here,
Call you to rescue, you're always near.
But, I expect that not, your call at bay.
I'll promise to go on, you can just stay.
Don't stand there hoping to rescue again,
Because this is the moment when
The world seems huge when I am small,
But I will go on steady and tall.
You be happy, to see me go as you like,
Because after all,
You taught me to cycle my bike ♥
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