FREE FALL

Life is a free fall

Plunging through darkness;

A slip from the high wire

With no safety net

Down below and the Earth

Climbing higher to meet us

As we plummet headlong

Forsaking regret.

But oh, my!  The feeling,

The exhilaration,

The pump of emotion

Coursing through veins

Set to burst, primed and ready

To seek out adventure,

To loose from the doldrums

And break from the chains.

The wind speeding past

Scorches tender young skin,

And eyes are a blur

As they try to recall.

Braced for the crash

At the end of the ride,

We laugh at the wind...

And enjoy the fall.

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