Aero

“Hey, let’s go. Just me & you. We'll take your 'anke' along”.

(Door closes, car starts)………. “Off we go”

"Tonight, we'll do something we've never done before, something weird and wonderful. We'll head to the airport. There I know a quiet place where we'll watch air planes land and take off. We'll bask in the breeze the flying planes bring and watch with ease how hard it is to fly. It’s going to be an exquisite view I tell you. Let’s go love and you'll see"

The sky was murky. Tiny sparkling white stars winked at us from afar. Anke being a lover of shiny things winked back in return with her twin ‘head stars’.

The road was like a stream flowing underneath anke’s feet. Far in the horizon, closest to the brightest star was a large apparition. A ghost amongst dark cloud. It moved quietly, higher and higher till it was almost difficult to see.

Anke stared, 'Dona' stared, I stared, and we all stared at the ghost in the cloud. I curse gravity for defying us. Holding us down with invisible strings.

Then Anke said; "let’s take off like that plane high in the sky, Let’s fly".

Not a bad idea if u ask me. This is definitely something we've never done before, and perhaps the road flowed smoothly, gravity could give us a minute slack.

"Dona, are you ready.....?" I said. "Let’s fly".

Dona smiled convulsively. "leggooooo she said"

Anke squealed in excitement, "and to the sky we'll fly" she said. We’ll use the Airport road as our take off ground.

60km/hr, then 80km/hr, on and on, 120km/hr and I could feel Anke try. she raised one leg then another, but our speed wasn’t sufficient to lift us up in the sky. It just wasn’t enough.

Dona clung to her seat belt. She contaminated anke’s cold air with her breath of fresh fear.

There was a sloppy bump up ahead. Anke gave the cue, "this is it. That bump could help us soar beyond the ground. With enough speed, we'll be in the sky in no time".

120km/hr, then 140km/hr and I could the see the bump coming closer and closer. Closer and closer, Dona closed her eyes tight shut(in hope for the better perhaps)

150km/hr and there it was. We climbed over the bump so suddenly and anke lifted all four leg above the ground (for some couple of seconds perhaps).

Dona opened up for that tiny second when we slide through the air, I could see the smile on her face, she was ecstatic.

Gravity denied us repose. And we fell to the ground like a cow that's been shot in a game. Anke cranked her shocks in a loud bang. Dona closed her eye once again. and far up there in the horizon beneath that dark steel sky, that plane we looked up to was far gone. It was gone. Probably heading for the moon.

We returned back to the speed limit (60km/hr). We made a quiet ‘stop still’ beneath that tall gentle green with pink leaves. A row of melancholic cars parked on both sides. They ignored us in our quiet space.

Anke was definitely tired. She took in the cold air of the night and replaced it with warm blistering breathes. We left her alone by the tree; me and Dona

“A little resting time will be ok, let’s let Anke catch her breath, she's probably exhausted from the 2 seconds flight we just had" Dona said.

"Come love, let’s go there, yes there" Dona; excited.

"The view up there is pristine; we'll see some white planes take off from there".

There, we watched them take off, those humongous airplanes. One by one, they took to the sky in great speed and a far great roar accompanied them straight to that shiny star sparkling.

Dona stared at each plane quietly while I watched her. She took a brief glance at me and then we kissed quietly/romantically while that plane took off right above our head.

I believe there is love in the air. my love for anke and ma love for 'u'.

Note: as u musta seen, anke is ma car (pls read heart break on eko bridge 4 more info).

Thank u pple for comments(in retrospect & in adv)