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Someday I Shall Fly Higher

Someday I shall fly higher than the eagle
Soar to the top of these majestic hills,
I shall breathe free and feel, oh, so regal
The sky, my kingdom, with rapture fills.

Soar to the top of these majestic hills
Where pines towering above green valleys
The sky, my kingdom, with rapture fills,
I shall reap applause with grand finales.

Where pines towering above the valleys
Reaching for the vast heavens far beyond,
I shall reap applause from grand finales
With a carefree abandon nature spawned.

Reaching for the vast heavens far beyond
I rise higher into a promising atmosphere
With a carefree abandon nature spawned,
At last, learning my reason for being here.

I rise higher into a promising atmosphere
I shall breathe free and feel, oh, so regal,
At last, learning my reason for being here
Someday I shall fly higher than the eagle.

Written August 29, 2022 
Submitted to "2022 Marathon Lap 14" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Mark Toney

Copyright © L Milton Hankins | Year Posted 2022

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 9/1/2022 1:12:00 AM A fave for me - straight to my fave list, for it made my heart smile. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 9/1/2022 9:12:00 AM Thanks so much, Caren. I always love getting your reactions to a poem.

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 8/30/2022 9:35:00 AM Aspiring to learn the reason for being here...an age old question. Perhaps the eagle can fly high enough to learn the answer - I would hope so :) Nice penning Milt. Linda Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 8/30/2022 12:42:00 PM Oh, I do believe we will all understand a lot more when we pass into the next dimension.

Heidi Sands Date: 8/29/2022 3:43:00 PM Great poem. I would like to fly like the Eagle. Well written :) Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 8/29/2022 5:21:00 PM Thank you so much, Heidi. I really appreciated your comment.

Michael Tor Date: 8/29/2022 1:44:00 PM Love the journey you took us on Milton. I could imagine the flight as you wrote it. A surreal experience for sure. You wonder how that Eagle feels when it is soaring through the openness of space and sky. The freedom it feels, what an experience. Your words transcend imagination and thought of flying. Thanks for sharing and loved the theme... Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 8/29/2022 5:21:00 PM Thanks so much, Michael. I really appreciated your thoughtful comment. It made me feel like the poem was worthwhile.

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/29/2022 12:55:00 PM And one day we will Milton but. we have to be patient. Tom Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 8/29/2022 1:24:00 PM Thanks, Tom, for your thoughtful comment. I really like this poem myself.