Falling Up

Falling Up

The world lurches, throwing me off balance.

My unstable footing is lost,

My legs sweep out from under me.

My world becomes inverted.

The spinning earth whirls by above me,

The stars reel below my feet,

As I fall up, up, up

Into the sparkling, twinkling, diamond void.

Feet first, hair streaming

Down towards the earth,

My home.

I glance longingly above me at

The bright, blue, beautiful planet

Growing smaller, smaller,

As I fall up.