SUNRISE OVER IRELAND
The cabin is dark at 38,000 feet
Still
Catatonic
My headphones breach the silence
“There’s a Red House over yonder”
Stand on it Johnnie Winter
My weary mind
Thinks its 1:00 AM
Aching bones
Cramped quarters
Similar to a car wreck
Simply living for today
Seat 31 L
Opens his window
Brilliant sunrise
Comes crashing in on sleepy passengers
Time zone tripping
Jet lag setting in
My heavy eyelids
Sand bonanza
From 26 hours of no sleep
Can’t possibly dim the airy excitement inside me
New dawn
Magnificent day in store
Gala
My love
My friend
Spiritual soul mate
Soon to fill my empty arms
Düsseldorf bound
Paris
The last leg of this long trek
My compliments Air France
Well done
The massive jet thunders onward
At 600 MPH (land speed)
The world carries on below me
Today
Life as I know it
Shall change
God is so good
(C) Bill Grimes Jr. 2005
