I heard it-

that sound,

it had been around

all my life

but now it was louder.

A flat solid thump

thu-mp, thum-p.

The horizon was changing,

the mountain range

was gone.

I gathered up my guts

I knew this was going to suck

but I had to know.

Someone wish me luck.

I walked the miles it took

and reached the edge that overlooked

nothing.

The sound was louder,

the thumping like the beat of my heart.

I sat down, then got to my knees.

I crawled back to the edge.

I had to see.

Flat.

They were hammering the earth

flat

just to prove a point.

Well, we’ll see about that.

And I jumped to my feet

and over the edge.

No one is changing my center of gravity.