Flight

by Turbotim1961Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

May 2014 328 Views 1 comments

Flight

Author: Turbotim1961

I will fly through the air with my arms out wide.
Whilst I am waiting here they are by my side.
Do you think it is easy to jump from this height
When I am all alone and way out of sight.

I need to find courage and to make the final move.
For now at last I have something to prove.
I will just move to the edge very very slow
Who knows who cares I will give it a go.

My life so far has been full of trouble.
But I will show the world that I am strong, I won't fumble.
Nobody to tell me to hang on or to wait a bit.
My mind at last is focussed and I will never quit.

So I jump off the edge and race to the ground.
My arms are outstretched and my head spins around.
I know what you are thinking, that this is absurd.
It's not all that silly because I am only a baby bird.

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Posted: May 2014

About this poem:

I lived in a country house some years ago and we had house martins nesting. I could hear the chicks every morning first thing, a lovely sound to wake up to. One morning I went outside and found two of the young had been thrown from the nest, obviously too mant young to feed so the weakest got thrown. I just imagined if the birds were told to jump off, how they would feel. This poem was the result.