Did You Turn Off The Gravity? Poem by andrue finley

Is it falling to certain death or rising to it?

It's damn terrifying.

So why does it feel so...lovely?

I guess it's my first time flying. Air holds my hands tight, interlocking in my ridges.

My chest is thrown forward and I feel so helpless and it's just so lovely.

Why so lovely?

If I keep going......I die.

If it suddenly turns off I will fall to my death.

Unless it generously turns back on near the ground. Who knows?

Well who really knows who turned off the gravity?

I guess that would be the sensible thing to do

But why feel sensible?

Why feel responsible if the impossible happened?

Why be scared.....it's already happened.

Hell not even high school can prepare me for this. Wouldn't have made a difference anyway.

At least my humor is there.

Humor and death...yeah sounds about right from my experience there.

But this really feels amazing!

I can feel myself breaking into the stratosphere.....ok maybe now I should panic.

Air suddenly feels very thin.

But

It doesn't

Hmmm.....oh wait I'm dreaming


*Wakes up*

Well...that was short lived