Alex Mendez
Student Submission
the way you carve your skates so effortlessly
backwards into eternity
inertia of the weight of your gaze pushes me
into my own groove
i’m too scared to look directly at you
i fear the shakiness of my own gravity
will pull you down too
roller derby girl
i think you’re mad cool
the floor is full of people
but you bob and weave as if you molded them
into your very own skate track
i want to be as fast
as smooth
as confident
as you are
but i honestly rather just watch you
from behind my own mediocre pumps
as i turn the corner
hoping i don’t fall on my ass