Free Fall To Liftoff
Free Fall to Liftoff
for my father, Paul Ray Burch, Jr.
I see the longing for departure gleam
in his still-keen eye,
and I understand his desire
to test this last wind, like those late autumn leaves
with nothing left to cling to ...
Keywords/Tags: autumn, winter, leaves, leaving, cling, clinging, wind, death, flight, fly, flying, transport, free fall, liftoff, departure, bare, barren, leafless, skeletal, uplifting, heaven
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