Caroline Polachek — Parachute

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Awake
from a dream
one that started as a nightmare

like a war
so extreme
it erased itself from memory

Here’s where I jumped
from the airplane
without questioning it

the curve of the coast
of Los Angeles
spreading itself below

And blooming overhead
the parachute
I’ve got to trust it now…
AAA

Change
in the wind
and I’m drifting from the crescent

Pulled
farther out
from the shore than where I can swim to it

And blooming overhead
the parachute
I’ve got to trust it now…
AAA

Closing in on the sparkle of the waves
go on, take me
it will feel like going home

Go on, take me
I’m not afraid to drown

What is this
pulling me back the other way
to strip malls, highways, and treetops?
Landing on the soft ground