Biking for Beginners

Here's another list poem.  I hope the separate parts work together.

                                                  Biking for Beginners


                                                      1. Balance

                                                Keep moving forward.
                                                If you stand still.
                                                you’ll fall over.

                                                     2. Vision

                                                Don’t look at what you want
                                                to avoid or you’ll head for it.
                                                Focus instead on where you
                                                truly want to go.

                                                      3. Trust

                                              Your father will raise the training
                                              wheels each night and finally let
                                              go of the seat even when he says
                                              he won’t - but he still loves you.

                                                     4. Direction

                                             Let your body do the steering.
                                             Lean the way you want to go
                                             and the bike will follow.

                                                     5. Position

                                            Raise the seat as high as you can
                                            until you can barely touch the ground
                                            but are no longer bound to it.

                                                    6. Gravity

                                            Climbs build your strength.
                                            Descents reward you for your effort.

                                                   7. Distance

                                            However far you ride from home
                                            is the distance you must return -
                                            unless you’re not coming back.

                                                   8. Time

                                           Measure your journeys in minutes,
                                           months, or years and not in miles.

                                                   9. Memory

                                           You will forget many things
                                            and still remember how to ride.