To look up
you might very well
get lost, so other
is the world above.
But look!
Take a peek…
Why not get lost in that
pull, like having a hook
on the loop of the belt buckle
along your spine,
a deus ex machina—
inviting you
into topography.
There is a point
to hot air balloons.
Just to look down
from above.
💙
Watch out for tree roots.
When I ran a garden centre I used to enjoy climbing the high racking and lying on the pallets of compost. It got me closer to the sky
I watched ‘The Aeronauts’ film a few months ago. Your words brought it back in a flash. Cheers.
My mother on arriving at the top of the Eiffel Tower…….”It’s all right as long as you don’t look down.”