• Riding the Griffon

    Walk ' cross the tarmac
    Feeling Nervous
    Rotor Wash whips
    Up my hair.

    Climb up and in
    Transmission Seat
    For me.

    Side door left open
    Banking Reveals
    A View like no other.

    Rotors could break,
    Engine fail,
    Autorotate down
    to the dusty fields
    Below.

    Back on the ground
    Laugh at my fear,
    Bravado overshadowing
    My inner doubt.

    Mark Peterson, June 9, 2009