“So how was it like up there?” You ask me.
“Amazing” I answer.

“That’s it?” You ask surprised. “You know I’ve never done it before. Come on tell me I really wanna know”
I smile back trying to articulate my thoughts.
“You know you should express yourself more” you add.

“You can smell the sea. And when you lift off you can feel the breeze flow through. It’s as if you’re flying. It’s like a moment of magic and madness but only if madness wasn’t overrated” I say in a breath.

“And then you go and say things like that” you laugh.
“Weren’t you afraid of falling?”
“Aren’t we all?” I ask back.
“Yeah we are. Afraid to fall, fall in love when we know whatever falls ends up broken” you sigh.
I wonder if you know, that maybe one day you might do the same to me. And that’s I why I can’t ever let you know. I try to steer my way out.

“But you see, you only fly when you know you can fall. It’s that fear that keeps us alive. That is how we become free” I say.

“Not always” you correct me.
“Not always” I nod.
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Free | June 27
Phuket, Thailand