🌪 Preface for “Ace of Spade”
“Of Dust, Dreams, and Barefoot Races”
There are some verses that don’t just rhyme — they breathe.
“Ace of Spade” was written in the smoke and sweat of my formative years. I must’ve been barely a teen when this poem spilled out — part frustration, part fun, part the ache of growing up without filters.
It’s the story of racing against odds — with old bicycles, second-hand school bags, and classmates who were warriors in rags. We were young, broke, and stupidly brave. Our scars were invisible, but our laughter was loud enough to silence them.
This poem isn’t refined.
It limps. It runs. It bruises.
But it lives.
Looking back now, I see it as a snapshot — of mischief, rebellion, and the kind of friendships that were built not on convenience but survival. And somewhere buried inside it, is that wide-eyed boy who believed that even with nothing — he could still be the “ace of spade.”
This is for him.