Short Altitudes Poems

Lofty altitudes

Lift away my earth grown mood

Feathers grow new fluff

As hearts' idyllic feel soars

Through blue skies' serene caress




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words fly in the air like clouds
crashing together with thunder
feelings reach higher altitudes  
rain fills my eyes with disbelief
lungs heavy 
weighed down with words unsaid
dripping wet with emotions 
swimming in yesterdays sorrows
waiting for the lightning that will awaken my freedom
the most imperfect storm...

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I'm a cloud watcher – 
addicted as are many
others, of lofty minds,
with heads inclined  
toward the altitudes; admitting 
to be earthbound only
when pressed – my
father often reminding
me, that one cannot
eat nebula: the real-world,
where we earn; the real-world
from which we learn – the 
real-world, both fluffy and
stern, concrete and seeming, 
yet all clouds opening
for redeeming –...

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Taimee, a person 
Who's quite, creative and educative. 
Who loves friends and families. 
Who attractive colours and things meet her eyes.
Who loves to read and write books. 
Who's favourite book is Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. 
Who's hates insults. 
Who's afraid of crawling things. 
Who's pen tells the world who she is. 
Who's altitudes melts the heart. 
Who's share love, laughter and all. .......

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He wished to teach them
To flap harder in thin air
To learn the tricks to rest,
To eat, to know when to 
Start the flight, when to 
Return and the route map

Mother wished to teach them
To call, to breathe more 
Deeply and ways to save 
Energy as they flew such
Dizzy altitudes in freezing
Cold & not to be blown away

As they looked up at meshed sky,
Yesterday’s wishes rolled
Down the cheeks of a
Monogamous pair of
Bar-headed goose 
Breeding in captivity

Why fly high?
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