I held the switch in trembling fingers, asked
why existence felt so small, so purposeless,
like a minnow wriggling feebly in my grasp …
vibrations of huge engines thrummed my arms
as, glistening with sweat, I nudged the switch
to OFF … I heard the klaxon-shrill alarms
like vultures’ shriekings … earthward, in a stall …
we floated … earthward … wings outstretched, aghast
like Icarus … as through the void we fell …
till nothing was so beautiful, so blue …
so vivid as that moment … and I held
an image of your face, and dreamed I flew
into your arms. The earth rushed up. I knew
such comfort, in that moment, loving you.
Originally published by The Lyric
(Michael Burch)
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