Flying Free

FLYING   FREE



Strings hold it tight;
Wind lifts it out of sight.
Without both,  kite cannot fly  -
Nor orchestrate the silent sky.

A son stretches away
From parents’ song and what they say:
He’s straying from the fold  -
They’re slackening their staying hold.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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