Birds In Flight

Across the tops of clouds they skate
like skipping rocks across a pond.
A blanket, downy soft, enshrouds
and obfuscates their earthly bonds.

The white seas part to let them pass;
the turbulence remains unseen.
As too, at forty thousand feet,
is all else that lies in between.

As though looked through a glass-hulled boat,
a mountain range comes into view.
Its peaks touch clouds now far below,
bedecked with snow, dazzling jewels.

Surreal and dreamlike, if you will
suspend your savvy, worldly ways.
Hurtling through space and time,
allow yourself to be amazed.

Pinnacle, top of the food chain,
Mars is now within our sights.
Humble start: we once gazed skyward,
dreamed of joining birds in flight

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 10/5/2022 6:38:00 PM
I sometimes dream that I am a bird in flight; it is so freeing to fly without a plane!
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Date: 10/4/2022 12:54:00 PM
I'm still dreaming: It's a bird; it's a plane; nope it's a bird alright. ~ gw
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Date: 10/3/2022 1:16:00 PM
Love your theme Jeff. If only we could take flight like these birds and enjoy the views that they see in flight. Loved the imagery in this marvelous adventure of flying. It was well written and conveyed and the reader felt like those Geese heading south for the winter. Great storyline to imagine. Well done Jeff...
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Date: 10/3/2022 11:09:00 AM
Hello Jeff Kyser, yes this time of year I do feel I want to join the birds in flight. Enjoy your day my friend.
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