i grew

My head may be in the clouds

but I've still got both feet on the ground.

It feels great to be a giant for once in my life.

No longer am I at an apogee—

I am as close to Earth as I ever will be—

and it's beautiful, 

oh god, it's beautiful.

Plateaus are beautiful

Mountains are beautiful

Valleys

and deep deep lakes

that no one knows the measurements of…

All Beautiful.

It feels like open fields and blue skies

to have everything working out in

all my lives,

so

while I am coasting along the top

of this plateau of happiness,

enjoying the view,

I'm gonna buy a Lotto ticket

before the grade slopes downward.

–Dana Winter