I Am Legend

I Am Legend

Xelin

San Francisco • 2020

• I Am Legend

  I am a skateboard queen.
  I have no fear of pain.
  It lives in my breath and skates all around my pumping heart.
  Spinning through my mind riding out to the ramps of life.
  I can see skateboards swirling around my vision.
  Taste the sandpaper curling on my sweaty fingertips.
  Feel the smooth ground coursing up my legs.
  I can smell the wheels gliding down the ramps, reeking of burnt dirt.
  Hear the cry of the boards as I glide down the hill.
  I have no fear of pain.
  I am a skateboard queen.
  I am Xelin Nounou.

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