Bounding up the first set of steps

To wait in line on the platform

It moves forward; your feet start

One-two-one-two-one

The boy behind you says something, smirking

You laugh but I cannot hear anything

Grabbing the metal bar above your head

To turn around for a more thrilling experience

This is it

The air does not thicken; time will not slow

You keep your eyes open - 

I don’t have to see your face to know

How

Could you have it so easy

That all it took to let me go

Was a free fall?