Learning To Fly

Into the distance
A ribbon of black
Stretched to the point
Of no turning back

A flight of fancy
On a windswept field
Standing alone
My senses reeled

A fatal attraction
Holding me fast
How can I escape
This irresistible grasp

Can't keep my eyes
From the circling skies
Tongue-tied and 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 and 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 eyes
From the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted
Just an earth-bound misfit, I

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