Skydiving: A Haiku



Purposeful pressure
falling, tumbling, down...down.
Stopped only by cloth.

Supported, guided,
twisting with the current. Down.
Desert sand glowing.

Freedom. Risk. Beauty.
Unexpected silence. Down.
Drifting and turning.

River, mountains, lake,
city in the distance. Down.
The earth grows closer.

Trust. Love. Faith. Hope. TRUST.
Time stood still in the silence.
Landing in the sand.

Released fear, spirit
God sees the world from there.
And now I am free.