Category Archives: Life

Sudden Change

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I’m now the editor and chief for the entire Freestyle Skateboarding Magazine. The founder decided to step down and leave the project to the remaining contributors.

The goal is still the same. We’ll feature skaters of every skill level, from all around the world, and I’ll still be printing a physical edition of the magazine, with a few key changes.

If you could be so kind as to follow us on Instagram, or on the main blog, we would really appreciate it! We also have a Discord server that’s just starting up! Here’s the invite link https://discord.gg/H9XxAbbf Freestyle is a small community, so every person counts 🙂

Warm regards,

J.C. “Mongo” Lloyd
– Poet, Skater, Editor, Chief, Publisher, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

Abandoned Years

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Sometimes it’s the crying and the screaming of it all

The only sign that I can even care anymore

I know it’s what you make of it

I know life isn’t fair
I know it could be worse, I was already there
Already took the drug

Already hit the bottom

Brought so many down with me, but they aren’t getting up

Sometimes it’s the lost sleep and the shame of it all

The only sign that I can even dream anymore

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Morning hours, whittling

Seeking out the Sun

Familiar shapes and navy skies

Darkness comes undone

As the Sun does rise

Recognition blooms

Mysteries in the light becoming nothing new

Night is the basswood block

Hidden possibilities

Day is the knife

Carving out reality

Set the Course

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A push to move things forward

No use waiting for a chance

“Life is what you make of it”

Something often said

Directionless for decades

Drifting through the years

Fighting hesitation and a thousand little fears

Leave it all behind

Choose progress over death

Find your strength

Take pride in every step

The Edge of Everything

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Passing through cracked sky

Slipping between clouds

Rising

High above the ground

From troposphere to stratosphere, mesosphere and on

Through boundaries, into the beyond

Deep space

Past the reaches of our familiar Sun

Seeing in a new light

See the universe undone

Fraying at the edges

Lost void

Grand precipice

Gaze into the well

Cast yourself and make a wish

Season Out Of Sync

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Closing out the year

Another cycle ends

Weather juxtaposed

Last year’s snow

Winter’s dread

Seasons pay no heed to dates

Carving up the calendar

Each claiming their own stake