Learning To Fly

Into the distance, a ribbon of black

stretched to the point of no turning back

a flight of fancy on a wind swept field

standing alone my sense reeled

a fatal attraction holding me fast, how

can I escape this irresistible grasp?

can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

ice is forming on the tips of my wings

unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything

no navigator to guide my way home

unladened, empty and turned to stone

a soul in tension that's learning to fly

condition grounded but determined to try

can't keep my eyes from the -circling- skies

tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

above the planet on a wing and a prayer

my grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air

across the clouds I see my shadow fly

out of the corner of my watering eye

a dream unthreatened by the morning light

could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

there's no sensation to compare with this

suspended animation, a state of bliss

can't keep my mind from the circling sky

tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I