Adamus P.R.I.M.E.
Well-Known Member
Yesterday was the 1st day of summer, and with the summer solstice comes the opening of the public pools!!!
Through my youth, my acrobatic expertise upon the infamous Brigg's high dive from summers of Long ago was something to be seen, having performed inverts, reverse flips, Back 1 and a half's, full pike dives, and various dives that would make any diver turn the blue water green with envy...
I arrived on scene fashionably late; as I have a reputation to uphold and I Promise to be a CROWD PLEASER. I pay $2 admission, and my dime for the basket... number 145 please.... my lucky basket... I strip down and give the kid the basket, and jump in that cold shower just to get my head wet... and made haste towards the diving boards...
As I walked up to those boards I began thinking about how long it had been since I had been on a board, " God... It's had to of been 5 years..." I reminisce on those summers wondering where they went and how I wish I could be that 13 year old kid once again... if not for a brief moment...I step out on the concrete pool deck to see the diving boards are open and without the congestion of little kids and ones that dive while plugging there noses...I always laughed at them...
I stand at the high dive climb the steps and make my approach to the end of the boards, my footsteps give me a reading on the amount of spring in the board...Standing on the board, I focus... there is complete silence....
My mind is blank, I am beyond focus...
Things are starting to come back to me...
I can FEEL it....
The lifeguard's sunglasses shine in the mid afternoon sun as he and small children file in line behind me...staring... A child blurts out, " You gonna do somethin cool, mister?"
I look back and proclaim, " Thats what I'm gonna find out, kid."
I make my approach on the board, and BOUND INTO THE AIR AND THEN...
Silence.. I am at one with myself once again...
I am 15 feet in the air... what seems like an Eternity... These moments are what I live for...
My timing is perfect, I go into a front flip, tuck legs, and continue forward rotation... into a rarely seen DOUBLE!!!!
I swim underwater to the ladder allowing the cold pool water to baptize me with its summer essences...
I receive applause from a few parents, the lifeguard , and all the children standing in line.
I give a cocky smirk and think to myself, "Man, I love this time of year... "
** any comments on the writing??**
Through my youth, my acrobatic expertise upon the infamous Brigg's high dive from summers of Long ago was something to be seen, having performed inverts, reverse flips, Back 1 and a half's, full pike dives, and various dives that would make any diver turn the blue water green with envy...
I arrived on scene fashionably late; as I have a reputation to uphold and I Promise to be a CROWD PLEASER. I pay $2 admission, and my dime for the basket... number 145 please.... my lucky basket... I strip down and give the kid the basket, and jump in that cold shower just to get my head wet... and made haste towards the diving boards...
As I walked up to those boards I began thinking about how long it had been since I had been on a board, " God... It's had to of been 5 years..." I reminisce on those summers wondering where they went and how I wish I could be that 13 year old kid once again... if not for a brief moment...I step out on the concrete pool deck to see the diving boards are open and without the congestion of little kids and ones that dive while plugging there noses...I always laughed at them...
I stand at the high dive climb the steps and make my approach to the end of the boards, my footsteps give me a reading on the amount of spring in the board...Standing on the board, I focus... there is complete silence....
My mind is blank, I am beyond focus...
Things are starting to come back to me...
I can FEEL it....
The lifeguard's sunglasses shine in the mid afternoon sun as he and small children file in line behind me...staring... A child blurts out, " You gonna do somethin cool, mister?"
I look back and proclaim, " Thats what I'm gonna find out, kid."
I make my approach on the board, and BOUND INTO THE AIR AND THEN...
Silence.. I am at one with myself once again...
I am 15 feet in the air... what seems like an Eternity... These moments are what I live for...
My timing is perfect, I go into a front flip, tuck legs, and continue forward rotation... into a rarely seen DOUBLE!!!!
I swim underwater to the ladder allowing the cold pool water to baptize me with its summer essences...
I receive applause from a few parents, the lifeguard , and all the children standing in line.
I give a cocky smirk and think to myself, "Man, I love this time of year... "
** any comments on the writing??**
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