Sometime visions come to me, and this time was no exception. To see it, is as if I were actually there and experiencing as it happened, was very impressive.
If I could, for a moment, ask you to still your mind of external cares and issues, and encourage you to close your eyes and imagine this scene after you have read this poem or while it is being read to you, you may experience this vision. I hope you do.
If I could but Travel
This story starts but has no end.
I was traveling to some place.
To get there it was necessary to go through the usual steps.
Luggage was packed.
I had arrived near to the terminus.
Getting to the departure lounge entailed going down some distance.
There was no elevator as we know them now.
There was another type of transit system.
I would step on to the threshold.
My weight and height would be automatically measured.
Then I would move forward.
With the vast expanse in front of me and open to view.
I would take the next step.
I entered what could be interpreted as a slide specifically shaped for me.
My rate of decent was controlled by gentle pressure on my sides.
I could slow this decent by pushing outwards with my arms and legs.
The sleeve that I travelled down was smooth and hard yet comfortable.
As I descended many hundreds of meters to the floor below,
I could see it coming up fast to meet me.
I was thinking, “how do I slow down”?.
And as I thought this, my rate of decent slowed,
and as I pushed outwards, I slowed even more.
Then upon reaching the floor I stepped out,
as if nothing out of the ordinary had transpired.
It was like having a comfortable hug all the way down.
I walked on to my departure point.
Luigi Giuseppe Vittorio
8 April 2023 4.00am