dredpiratebunny | don't look down

there is a moment when your blood sings in the clarity of what you know is true
a precision in each heart beat
chiseled though the knotted muscle into the galaxy of cells beyond
the way in is through

this is infinite and imminent all at once
where gravity once purred and curled around you seeking a lap
you are let go
off into the atmosphere, balloon-like
starved for oxygen
untying the ribbon like a cliff edged fool

eyes up and wide, the saucers that fly
identified
but blurry in the air
dancing on the tips of updraft ducts
alice in reverse to the vortex rises
seeking the mirror to guide you home

instead the crows come
the hawks bellow into your chasm
razor round the strings that have been lifting you
and there is a moment your belly keeps going when your descent begins.
you remember it is not the falling that you fear
it is the absence of it
the rejection of the ground