Before you go, sometimes your mouth gets dry and your heart beats
faster. When you takeoff, you get airborne very, very fast, and the earth
shrinks beneath you into a patchwork of farms and swamps and lakes. Sometimes
the air is perfumed with oranges, and it’s so sweet and vivid you can taste it
in your mouth. Usually it’s colder and sharper as you fly higher, slicing
through the layers of the sky.
It’s close to the flying you do in your dreams, where your arms are outstretched
and you magically shift with the currents of the sky. And it’s beautiful. It can
be so beautiful. Take a peek at my little slide show and you’ll see why it’s
time to fly.
