Friday, June 22, 2012

In flight

It's a slow rumble

More a hum

That starts in the ground

And works its way

Up through the souls of shoes

It makes your skin buzz

Adjustment is quick and easy

.

Slowly the crawl

As we taxi along

Impatience grows quickly

As the hum revs

And then reduces

Over and over again

.

The giggling and the fidgeting

Is there a problem?

Still slowly we amble onward

Turning a bend

And the way is suddenly straight

Right in front of us

And the speed spreads a smile

.

Quickly it builds

And presses heads against rests

Smiles widen and the angle changes

.

Outside rectangular windows

With curved edges

The world tilts and angles

.

The Lego world comes closer

As we lean toward the earth

Ears popping and pressure

All around, pressing against

Head and arms and legs

.

The bump and jump

The captains tinny voice

The seatbelts on again

And the angle once more

Less obvious with clouds and wing

Being the only reference point

As we rise higher

.

Again the pressure

Making my round stomach

Feel condensed and my

Already limited height being

Repressed even more

.

And then suddenly

The pressure is gone

And for a second a feeling

Of pure weightlessness

My stomachs drops

.

I can't suppress the giggle

That reminds me of years gone by

When we would speed over

Hills bigger then normal

And lose traction at the top

That feeling of weightless freedom

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