Thursday, June 20, 2024

The illusion of flight Dec. 2013 f

 

 



She is on the verge

Of something even

She doesn’t know,

After a year living

In a painful cocoon,

Led her to believe

She is not,

She must feel her

Wings aching

For flight

But where to,

And how high

Will she need

To go to escape

The firmament

That clings to

Her now,

Space men speak

Of escape velocity

Leaving her

With questions

How fast must

She go to finally

Get liftoff,

And just who

It is that holds

Her back,

Trying to clip

Her wings so

She can’t,

She has lived

A year of her life

With the illusion

She had ascended

High enough

Above the ground,

While the whole time

People piled stones

Over her as if

In a grave,

With her having

Barley strength enough

To pick up stone

After stone

After stone

And still unable

To unfurl her wings

Where does she

Fly off to

After she has risen?

To what destination

Can she make it to

That someone

Won’t try

To bury her

Again.

 


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