robotfuckface

holding my breath
watching the ground scream toward us
i'm praying for the pilot
a disembodied voice on a crackling intercom
whose face i know so well

holding my breath
a worry stone clenched in my teeth
i would take some cracks in my smile
if it should come to that

holding my breath
counting my heart beats
counting my cigarettes
as the ember inches toward me
a monument to time

holding my breath
watching the ground scream towards us
i'm praying the wheels come down
i'm praying that she'll be on the ground
her arms out stretched to catch me