Sky Diving

It lasted but a moment,
Or maybe two.
I was literally
Head over heels excited,
Free falling through the air.
I was not quite sure
Of what to expect.
But thought to myself,
This is cool!
Darn it,
I forgot to look up
To see the plane
And others coming after me.
Then all too soon
We arched back
And the chute opened
Dramatically easing
Our speed of descent
Gauged by the wind
Now gently blowing past
And the rate of the ground
Coming towards me.
Stabilized,
I gazed in fascination
At the world below me,
Pinpointing the spot
Ten thousand feet below
Where I was headed.
Hey, This is FUN!
There was no sense of falling,
Just floating free
Turning to the right,
Then to the left.
I spotted birds
Gliding below
And thought to myself
This is what
It must be like for them
Looking down
On the world below.
Deciding where to land.
We practiced the stall
Then gently touched down
Feeling WOW!
I did it!
Then I gazed up
To see the others
Drifting down
Wondrously easy.
I said to myself,
I’ve got to do
That again.
I was hooked
On the feeling
Of diving out of a plane
And the experience of
Flying through the air.
It was great,
But over way too fast
For my adventurous spirit.