The Plunge

He scanned the skies, garbed in red

Got in the flight with feet of lead

The engines roared and came to life

As dread impaled his heart like a knife

Up they flew toward infinite space

His heart raced and sped it's pace

Through broken clouds and pierced light

Up into the void against earth's might

All too soon came the call

To take the plunge and begin the fall 

And so he fell, back towards earth

The biggest rush for what it's worth

The roaring wind slapped his face

As he dropped with but little grace

And the rising earth curved below

The sun behind giving him a halo

And then he smiled beatific

As he thought this terrific

Time and him were in a race

As he rushed to accept earth's embrace

When all of a sudden, with a timely jolt

The chute deployed, shocking him a volt

And he pulled back, seemingly to the sky

The earth dropped below him, he let out a cry

The most fetching view he had ever seen

Sprawled below him, expressing awe's gene

He marvelled, gaped and basked in the rush

It made his eyes water and his cheeks flush

As he gently thumped back to the ground

His senses recouped, his mind all wound

He was amazed, awed and all

Because of that mighty fall