My father told my sister and I that if we jumped and missed the ground, we'd be flying And God, I believed him We spent hours on that trampoline Wore ourselves silly, Got jabs from all the pine needles lost to the mesh from acid rain Not allowed to come into the house until we hosed our feet off
We upgraded our efforts My father had a pickup truck that we loved, And we had umbrellas for walking to school with We tried every height we thought we could get away with no broken bones And we came close, I landed on my neck once Morphine in the hospital is sort of like flying Best attempt we had at the time
When I turned 18, I bought a plane ticket I had to apologize to my mother, because I never stopped running away We lived in the valley, and I always saw the moutains which enclosed us as a challenge But she built us a home, our imaginary flight a simple trick to keep us grounded It worked for so long, and she held on to her family So it's only fair. She's earned this apology- But I've earned this air space I worked for the money, and paid for this ticket, A guarenteed four hours of nothing but simulated pressure and clouds obscuring city lines
A lot on my mind, a lot of regret, a lot of worry, fear towards leaving, hope, excitement. All of it. Please comment :)