Wisha

An ocean on the rocks ripple in front of Hailee, soaking her dress as she sits on the shore. Hailee’s eyes are a beacon and they beckon for her innamorato, who’s out there somewhere in the middle of nowhere. His eyes look like two puny nebula's in that sky beyond the sky that exists above this titanic ocean. She wants to beam to him with every beat of her pouting heart. Her spirit wills and lifts, but her flesh constantly reminds her that she is human. She feels like her bones and weight keep her anchored and gravity presses upon her head in correlation, like a chain that’s been dropped from that human heaven she wishes to enter.

An young astronaut is in love with her, his name, Adam. She knows that he has the ability to fore an adventure, to give her a seat on a ship that doesn't require a ticket. A trip that’s more like a ride, on a ship that’s more like a roller coaster, that will take her out into space and then bring her back to earth.

He offers.

Hailee sleeps on it… deeply pondering on what this short trip would resolute.

And then she thinks about it… dreaming of herself in her space suit.
She felt his presence and his strength too.

Hailee awakes
Her lips opened to the astronaut, between her pure eyes and her redeemed heart, she asked,
 “When do  we  launch?”    
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Launch!

They rocketed into the sky and then they slowly forwarded into the sky beyond. Hailee’s eyes lost their shine and her body lost all its weight. She unbuckled herself, she rose, floated then hovered. Her heart went from a thump to a pulse than into a thrum. She was so frightened, she didn't even notice that her body kept shuddering. The other astronauts kept floating between her and the distant stars. Just then, when Adam gave her attention she felt her true love’s presence and strength once again.

They began to hear footsteps upon the roof of the spaceship. They stood there listening curiously, floating motionless. They heard a sound like that of a body sliding down the roof toward the ship's starboard side... Within unpredictable moments they heard the din of an impending punch that proceeded to pierce the ships frame and form an - airlock. The strength of its suction was great, like earth's gravity, but it kept pulling against their bodies. Hailee watched, powerless, as one astronaut after another fell through the airlock into the state of disappearance.

She was left remaining, feeling two hand formations of pressure pressing against her and against that suction. She knew her innamorato was there for her. But behind her, watching, was the one who loved her, Adam. And here he saw Hailee being driven into the arms of another man, one that was muscular and bare, appearing with a celestial glow and probing eyes. He went from being physically invisible to visible to invisible. He took her and it looked as if she started to fly. The astronaut knew this was the last time he’d see her and now he knew why.

Adam made it back to earth safe and sound. He told Houston what happened and how. But was called crazy and handed down. Now he works with simple math and on leveled ground and with a knowledge of space that Houston hasn't yet found.

     Written: 2/19/2015