"Nervous First-Time Flyer" by Ann Onimous

I stare at the planes

Next step of our journey

My first flight approaches

I’m nervous, but I’ll never admit it.

I ask you what it’s like

You just shrug and say

That it’s no big deal

My nerves are not calmed.

We get in the plane

You sit next to me

My heart races like it’s trying

To pull me back to the gate.

We buckle up

We arrive at the runway

We accelerate

Faster

Faster

I shut my eyes

We take off

And

We

Fly