Free Fall

         He always wanted to sky dive but had been fearful of heights. The ground seemed to be so far far away. He closed his eyes and let his body go. Fear shuddered inside his body, but slowly he overcame it. He was free falling! He stretched his arms to imitate a bird. The wind waved his hair, slapped his cheeks and made whistling sound as it whizzed past his ears. Felt like heaven. Smiled returned to his face and he felt his body relax. For a moment he wished he was a bird. How lovely it could have been. There is nothing to hold him down. Not even the weight of his body. He looked towards the horizon. The setting sun seemed to be an orange ball of fire with home returning birds strewn across its face. He too wanted to go back home, to his family, to his girlfriend, to his friends. Is it late too go back? His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden, excruciating momentary pain and then he continued to fall. It was different now. Something strange happening to him! He got to control his fall now. He slowly faded away to blackness. Is it already night? Probably it is, he thought. A huge ball of light was racing towards him. He felt nothing now.
         The express train was never late. Today was no exception. At 6:01 P.M. sharp,  it galloped underneath the overhead bridge.