Posted by The Bohemian Savage on August 22, 2000 at 16:17:53:
Flying at night
I am cutting through the wind
Like a bow through the smooth ocean
Swaying and ebbing through waves of darkness
The heat and the humming is mesmerizing
I feel like a child excited and new
My wing span is far and wide.
It reaches far beyond here,
So far that it touches the grass of the
Back yard where I grew up.
I can smell and taste the grass
As I rise from a spinning turn
And feel the pull of the speeding ground below me.
Faster and faster now, I am alone in my flight.
I feel like I am in a trance as trees and earth are far
Away and move slowly around me.
The wind is whispering quickly in my ear.
I can hear her voice now as it echoes through my head,
With sweet laughter and joy from when I was young
And she was even younger.
The further I go, the more secluded I feel.
The darkness envelops me like jumping into sea.
I feel that I could fly all night, weaving and riding waves,
But I know the harsh brutal reality is a sleepy mistake away.
With sadness I relinquish my desire to go on,
And return home to the quiet safety to give in to sleep.