Human Parachute Poem by Christos R. Tsiailis

So lightly calm do I go down
Such a cool breeze
shivers of senses all over my skin
so prettily ambient a fall from above,
effortlessly
to go down so low

I know you’ve been waiting down there
wanting, craving,
I feel them, those open arms

those and you have always been
sad about occasional drops
but my fall won’t be stopped
did you know I was used to diving without parachute?

my parachute was liquid flesh
limestone from hell my parachute was

mama, in my arms a swallow
little sis’ is tearing my clothes apart
but from me I won’t let her part
they’re all coming with me
so harsh a sun ray
such a cosmic sorrow only for me
I’m coming, be ready, to you

I know you’ve been waiting down there
wanting, craving,
I feel them, those open arms

those and you have always been
sad about ambiguous flights
but my fall won’t be stopped
did you know I used to cry from crash pain?

my parachute was liquid flesh
limestone from hell my parachute was

heart and soul and mind
so heavier than my flesh
what’s flying ‘n what’s falling
no way I can tell
but your arms accept them all
all which is me and mama and she
we are coming, now, to you