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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Freefall by Tony Healey

Gale of water
Air
He plummets,
Down, down, down,
Pulled
Freefalling.

Stepping from the ledge
Of the plane,
Is the same,
As falling back from the edge
Of a boat.

Aerodynamics
Rate of fall
They are the same
It’s slower under water

The ocean gets darker,
So too does the sky,
As the ground rushes up beneath.

He sinks and sinks,
Colder, darker,
The fall is slow, gradual,
A dive.

A fall, a dive
Different names for the same thing
An act of faith
Something he would do
In the state he is in

A man who no longer fears anything
A man on the edge, on the ledge,
Falling, diving, sinking,
A man in Freefall


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