a poem i'm working on entitled 'flight'
Posted April 27, 2008
Flight For a brief moment I flew Far beyond the heavens Toward the great unknown Exhilaration, anticipation builds Going so fast I stop to look back Viewing all that was my life The blue house with the broken door The old rusted gate I wave; a gesture of acknowledgement and move on Focusing on my mission; flight How glorious it is! To be weightless; invincible Away from all harm The higher I go the farther the memories become They fade and my memory resets itself Flying gave me a new life; a second chance But suddenly I fall Taking back my memories All I had been counting on demolished in an instant I now remember the times on the swings When I reached the top and flew The goal of immortality reached However my memory abruptly takes me to another time When the moment of flight ended How harsh gravity was on my small feet; the consequences of invincibility I'm still working on the ending. suggestions are welcome as well as criticism whether constructive or otherwise.
