vertigo
what a strange word
it rolls over your tongue
and ends abruptly
like the sudden jolt at
the end of a long fall
whenever i hear it
i think of the french word
for green
not blue, like the sky
but vert like the grass
the trees
it always confused me
you feel vertigo in the sky
not on the earth
or so they tell me
I always feel at home
in the air
my head in the
clouds
but because of that
they all underestimate me
think i am far far away
when really,
i am nearer than they know
and i can see better
than any of them
maybe that comes
from being like a bird
eagle eyes
but i am a hawk
and so different
than everyone else
they tell me i should stay
grounded
that i shouldn’t fly
that i am safer with my feet
firmly planted on the soil
their fear makes them
want to
keep me caged
acrophobia
they say it means
fear of heights
but i could never imagine
being afraid of
the thing that frees me
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