The Bicycle

As a kid, I thought riding a bicycle 

was an inborn skill, 

I'd watch others graceful hop on the 

two wheeler and pedal to their destinies 

I might have asked myself, 

"What's too difficult about it?" 

 

Then I learned the hard way 

My first contact with a bicycle earned 

me a scar 

I tried to apply what I had seen masters do, 

And to my dismay, I realised there's more to 

a bicycle than simply hopping on it and pedaling away 

There'd be a thousand failed attempts, 

a thousand falls, and a few scars 

Before I could earn the right 

to gracefully hop on it and ride away