By Halle Preneta
I watch as the city rolls past us.
The huge water tower that looms above
just gliding by,
gliding away from my view.
When the plane lifts, I
breathe in slowly with its
movement.
Pushes and pulls I can feel
deep within my chest
like walking on a tightrope,
balancing,
always moving with the motions
of gravity
pushing and pulling me around.
When the clouds embrace me
like an old friend,
I feel one with the sky.
I feel the sun’s yellow bursting from within the blue
inside my chest.
The stars’ white dots speckled on black
and blue nights
like a splatter painting
or like the polka dots on my dog’s
black and white fur,
its softness I haven’t
touched in what feels like years.
I feel like the oxygen molecules
hovering within the air.
Like this plane could crumble
and I would still be able
to survive as I join my
sibling molecules.
Everyone else surviving
off our energetic motion.
Our little party
sustaining whole species,
whole life forms
we haven’t even discovered yet.
Whole planets we
haven’t even found yet,
each of them
having their own little
molecule parties.
The laughs so hard
we lose our breath.
The eyes glowing in wonder
like the stars in the sky.
The dancing like planets
orbiting around axes.
These are the parties
that sustain our lives.
That keep our souls glowing.
Our feet moving, one in front of the other.
That keep us living.
I watch as the clouds roll past us
as the plane guides me home
and breathe.
I am one with the sky,
finally ready for
the party,
the event of the century,
my life
to begin.
Halle Preneta (she/her) enjoys writing short romance, sci-fi, and horror stories along with poetry and gets her ideas from random life experiences and fanfiction. When she’s not writing, she’s either watching YouTube or playing Animal Crossing. She also enjoys theatre, music, and petting her dog and is very passionate about social justice and human rights, especially LGBTQ+ rights. She’s had works published in various literary magazines such as The Hearth Magazine, Write Now Lit, and CP Quarterly and her latest chapbook “The Event Horizon” is currently out with Bullshit Lit. She is also EIC of Tyrian Ink, a press dedicated to publishing chapbooks written by LGBTQ+ youth. Her Twitter handle is @YaTheatreNerd and you can check out more of her work here.