I Just Want To Fly Away

I sigh long and sad I have years lifetimes oceans of sadness to let go . . . from d e e p , deep inside me I just want to F L Y away- but I am walking . . . it is WINTER with a freezing wind the snow is c r u n c h i n g under my feet I smell churned up earth the DECAY of dead flowers and voices from the graves I pass by . . . the day is d a r k no sun shines just thick dark clouds hang like ghosts and it is snowing the sky is w e e p i n g white hidden, a bird cries like a new baby I just want to fly a w a y but I follow . . . the hearse carrying my baby boy I feel detached a watcher of this scene I hear the prayers DRIFTING among the stones and in the b a r r e n snow covered trees the smell of roses is choking me, then . . . . my family turn and are leaving but I am a STATUE weeping alone I sigh long and sad and then, I am s i n g i n g a lullaby it is drifting and f l o a t i n g in the wind . . . _________________________ October 23, 2017 Free Verse/I Just Want To Fly Away Copyright Protected, ID 951951 Written for the contest, Deep and Dark II sponsor, Laura Loo First Place