[ IP ] City in The Canyon

`` It's all about balance,'' he laughs. My arms extend on either side of me as we teeter on the edge of the canyon. Felix has a way of launching me into more daring situations than I'd ever put myself into. Sometimes it's on purpose, sometimes he just brings out that side in me. One foot in front of the other. One step at a time. 
 
 Felix stops in front of me. Facing away from the cliff, he reaches back and grabs my hand. His blue eyes look like they've been torn from the sky as he offers me his confident smile. `` Do you trust me?'' 
 
 `` Of course,'' I sing, lacing my fingers in his. *More than anyone else in the world. * 
 
 `` Oh really?'' He challenges, his voice feigning uncertainty. 
 
 `` Yes.'' Not a hint of doubt in my voice. It's fact. 
 
 `` Then let's go,'' he breathes. 
 
 My hand is being pulled, backwards. Then we're falling- *down, down, down*. I want to scream. I want to laugh. I want to cry. Because it's beautiful- I'm afraid and I'm free and he knows this. His grip tightens around my hand. 
 
 We land with a splash. The world blurs for a moment as I cough up water in laughter. `` Felix! What *the hell* was that?'' 
 
 Felix erupts with laughter and falls back against the water once more, running his fingers through his hair. `` That,'' he smiles, `` Was a trust fall.'' 
 
 My eyes wander through the ravine; it's lined with doors and windows, as though houses have been etched into its surface. `` Its... beautiful,'' I whisper. 
 
 `` I know,'' he replies, `` Why do you think I took you here?'' He offers me his hand and pulls me up from the water. 
 
 We gaze up at the city in the canyon, breathtaking and simple. `` This city is just a piece of history now,'' Felix tells me, `` But it was n't always this way. When I was a kid it was even more beautiful. Imagine this place, but *alive. * It was safe from the world, but it was filled with life- songs and dancing, people, love and adventure..'' he trails off. His eyes are watery. `` It was home.'' 
 
 `` Home,'' I whisper. 
 
 I wrap my arm around him. Hands entwined, we wander up through the abandoned city. We'll sit on the edge of the canyon and watch the sunset. We will dream, about adventure and love, about new places and old stories. Home.
