The Ledge

I climbed out onto the ledge and looked down I’ll never fly I thought to myself with a frown I had always wanted to, always thought I could But something inside me said I never would Day after day I walked the ledge in hopes of flight Dreaming of the day where if I tried hard enough I just might One special day not long ago I met a man An angel perhaps, he believed in me, said yes you can I was scared, so very scared because I thought he was wrong I had never flown before and as such I just didn’t belong He filled me with confidence and took away my fears I was feeling things, myself that I had not felt in years He took me to the ledge and said that something had begun anew I closed my eyes and from behind he pushed me and ….I flew