Touch and Go

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feelings flood my mind as I speed,
at many thousand miles air flow,
hope is dwindling, would I succeed?
could be a case of touch and go!

white clouds look on quite helplessly,
jittering firefly rumbles low,
left engine smokes perilously,
landing it would be touch and go.

four hundred lives could well be lost,
peaks of mountains covered in snow,
fear and doubt loom, better think fast,
to get across is touch and go!

past the mountains, riding on prayers,
I turn a corner circle slow,
good pilots must be good stayers,
hope in heart but still touch and go.

few miles down, see flickering lights,
runway ahead, bright dots in row,
I slant the wings, ground in my sights,
land!!! Thank God for helping me so!!
 
Premium contest winner (8)
Written 02/April/2021
This or that Vol 1 contest
Touch and go topic
Edward Ibeh sponsored
8 syllables each line

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 4/11/2021 9:48:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. A wonderful story/write. Love you line, "land!!! Thank God for helping me so!!" I was in a plane that God had to get us down. We could have all been killed. Have a blessed day............

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 4/11/2021 11:04:00 AM

Thanks Paula! Yes, and I often think of the crew who have the difficult job of staying focussed, putting their own lives on line to save the passengers! Glad you landed safely.Yes, God is the only hope in such situations!

Tom Cunningham

Date: 4/11/2021 5:43:00 AM

Every fliers worst nightmare, God was certainly looking down on you. Congrats on your win Tom

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 4/11/2021 5:48:00 AM

Thanks Tom! I feel worried with take off and landing!

Vijay Pandit

Date: 4/11/2021 5:18:00 AM

Congrats on your win, Krish. That was quite an excitement your verses depicted--indeed touch and go!

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 4/11/2021 5:49:00 AM

Thanks Vijay! Just imagine being on flight with left engine on fire when the plane is over snowy mountains and landing strip 60 minutes away!! Yes. Brave pilot!