Wings

Our worldly obsessions
have marred and blurred 
the glorious vista of the Sky.

They've stifled our urge to go
far beyond what lies beyond,
to doubt what is, to ask why.

Though we have strong wings,
we've lost the desire and will
to leap into space, to fly high.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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