My first time riding a scooter

After half an hour

I had gotten used to it

Until

I decided to go down my grandparents’

Gravel driveway

No one was around

I was 6

So I pushed myself

Down this steep

Uneven hill

I was on my pink

Princess scooter

With metallic tassels

And a picture of

Cinderella, Ariel, and Tiana

Below my feet

I made it not even halfway down

My front wheel got stuck on a rock

I tipped forward

I remember

Feeling like I was flying

But then

My face hit the ground

I felt fine

So I brushed myself off

And went inside

My mom and Meema looked scared

Meema ran to get me an ice pack

I remember it was clear

With blue orbeez and Velcro

That kept getting caught in my hair

She held it up to my lip

She took it off

And it was dripping red

I had a rock lodged into my lip

Not a small one either

It was just smaller than a golf ball

They rushed me to Urgent Care

I was fine

But I still have the scar to this day

Right on the left side of my lip

I haven’t rode a scooter since