Above and Below, Water and Sky

I once heard a song with the words, "Above us only sky". I'm not the smartest apple on the tree, but I beg to differ. Sun, moon, stars, clouds, space stations, satellites, and debris; and somewhere above and beyond us is a place called heaven. It is up there far beyond the watery clouds in the distant sky. I have a first class ticket paid for in full, allowing me to go there. Someone paid for my passage, guaranteeing a safe terror-free arrival. Although I have never been there nor met anyone who has been to heaven, I have read and heard a lot about it, and I am looking forward to going there. Physically, both by day and by night, perhaps the closest I have been to heaven was by way of a jet plane which ascends beyond the watery clouds to around 35,000 feet above the earth. It feels so free and quiet up there high in the distant sky, where not even birds fly. But a horizontal view across the surface of the earth is a completely different scene. There are waters of the lakes, rivers, oceans, and seas covering more than 60% of the earth. Just prior to landing, I have always enjoyed the scene from a plane as I stare at the rivers and waterways below. And I love the symmetry and the unity of water turning to vapor and ascending into the clouds, becoming one with the sky. Below and beneath the surface of the oceans is a depth greater than 18,000 feet, but I am certain that I have not exceeded a depth of more than 20 feet of water. It is rather interesting that we were given feet to walk on the surface of the earth but have learned to fly like birds, and we were not given fins but have navigated the depths of the sea. 01052018 PS Contest, Water And Sky, Gregory Barten