open

it is that you are willing to believe your parachute will open
that you need to jump out of the plane
that the ground will be solid
and i will be there with you
because you know you are already floating
through the sky
you feel me tethered to your back
you know we have pulled the ripcord
and when you look up
you see the parachute streaming up out of the pack
and the air hasn't caught it yet
hasn't opened it up yet
and pulled us back into the sky
but you know that it will
and you are looking up at the thin streamer of fabric
like you look up into my eyes
when i hold you in my arms
and even if there were no air in the sky
the parachute would open
just from you looking at it that way.