Downfall

As I fell from Heaven I wondered where I would fall. If the pain would bend me, break me, make me scream. If my soul would shatter with my spine, my very being dashed across the earth like so much red paint. I soared through space, the stars like snow, rushing past my feet. I watched the moon grow and shrink as I rushed to, greeted, and left her behind. The air met me with the crisp bite of ozone. It soon gave way to the pollution of mankind, and I shuddered.

Fear swept across my body, like diving into an icy pond. My mind froze in terror as I approached the city lights. So many people, so much sin. Had they wings they'd be Angels. They had not, would not, bear the marks of perfection, they were human.

Gripped in fear of the earth and all her inhabitants I closed my eyes and let the darkness take me to earth. I grit my teeth, ready for smash of impact, the grief of earthly life.

I opened my eyes and fell into your arms.

Maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I thought.