Bounce (Notevember 2023, #9)

Higher and higher and higher I go
Fire above me and water below
Earthbound no longer and freed from the floor
Tossed on the wind like a seed or a spore
Slower and slower, too slow my ascent
Lower and lower, and nowhere I went
Plummeting heavier, pounds upon pounds
Now comes the best part: a pause…
then a bounce!