Flight

She fell. The wind was roaring in her ears and with her eyes wide open she could see the colors of the rocks flashing by her as gravity took her completely in its grasp. She wasn’t sure how long she fell for, it felt like forever but as she fell something changed. Her racing heart slowed, she felt a sense of calm come over her. Her mind emptied of the thoughts that had been demanding her attention. Time went by but her fall seemed to slow until she stopped. She looked down and saw herself suspended in the air still feet from the bottom where she had been anticipating her doom. She looked up and saw wings. Green transparent wings had sprouted from her back. She was flying. She hovered there a moment enjoying the sensation of flight. Then slowly she stretched her arms towards the heavens and away into skies that were hung heavy with rain clouds.