and we're flying
side by side,
wind whipping
my hair behind me,
town living
underneath us
as we became one with
the bright blue sky and
big and white puffs of clouds.
all around the endless space,
high up in the atmosphere
and low down to where my fingers
dip now under the ocean
to finally return its many waves.
the tired day's shift was over,
and the night took over,
energetic and full of life as ever.
the ratio of darkness to light
was one to infinite
unlike our home
of infinite to none.
mountains emerge from the bare earth,
aggressive shaking
until the small specks of dirt
float up off with us.
we stagger backwards as
its sharp jagged knifes
stab out towards us,
telling the fear that was too afraid to come out
to finally take control of our bodies,
but you pull me away
to the many rolling hills of green,
and it shrinks back inside
as the sun burns it
when the rays of light burst out
with layers of pastel colors.
and soon the sun is high up with us
and our town is down below us again.
i glance at the small people
walking around,
and the empty space
between me and you
to the city
hit me hard,
a punch to my stomach
that was painful enough to catch me off guard.
a ruler wasn't needed
because it was nonexistent.
because we weren't flying.
because we never were.

and we fell.

just.

like.

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