Free Falling

It’s a glorious feeling
Free falling
Spread eagled
Through the air
Hair lifting up
T-shirt flaring out
Arms wind milling at first
Until your body accepts the loss of balance
Eyes watering
As air whips by faster
And faster

It’s a glorious feeling…
Until you see the wooden panes rushing up at you
Until the screams trailing behind you
Finally leak into your calm stupor
Until you smash into the ground
And realize you don’t actually
Want to die