Kite

It soars
high like
thought.
A passive
thing 
transforms 
swiftly in 
a current.
Moving 
its ears as
an elephant,
it flutters	
in the heart
of the void. 
It becomes 
unruly, 
flying
beyond the
eye-limits 
into ecstasy.

First prize winner (Poetry Nook Weekly Contest, US)
First published in The Literary Hatchet
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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