Airplane, Zina Gomez-Liss (March 2026)

 

Airplane

                a prayer

Dear 
God, 
I am 
afraid 
to fly—
or rather 
to fall out of the sky.
Who knows? Perhaps if wings collapse or engine stalls 
and airplane falls we’ll make a swift and spiraling descent into a vale of tears 
from firmament. Please give me faith that I’ll survive this hypothetical steep dive
and keep
your arms, 
like wings, 
spread wide so that 
we’ll exit from your side.

Amen.