Linda G Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday Prompt: Nerve
I had the nerve to climb trees
ride motorcycles
to say what I thought, even though nobody was really listening
I had the nerve
to dress in clothes that didn’t make sense
and sometimes my socks didn’t match, but that was no big deal.
I had the nerve to listen to music
that nobody else liked and I read books with a lot of big words
it didn’t matter that I got laughed at for being curious about the world.
I had the nerve to fall
over and over again and to get up when there wasn’t any reason to get up
and to not apologize when I got in the way.
I had the nerve
and I still do have the nerve
clenched between my teeth.