Stairway to Heaven

High Above Manhattan

By: Charles Giuliano - Dec 17, 2014

Stairway to Heaven

A kid
Visiting New York with Mom
Exploring wonders
Rockefeller Center skaters
Broadway for Brigadoon
Chatting with Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Empire State Building
Looking up as far as one can see
Tallest building in the world
Entering the lobby
Elevators
Several as I recall
One after another
Higher and higher
A little scared
Never liked small closed spaces
Out at the top
Dizzy terrace
Whipping wind
Vertigo
Fear of being blown off
Cautiously approaching the edge
Gazing out and down
High as one could be
Other than an airplane
Reached up to
Touch the sky