Oh to Fly

 

Oh to Fly

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oh to glide
in buoyed flight
rocket skyward
loop great circles

lift high on mighty thermals
never be earthbound again

not tethered to stone and clay
no slave of gravity today

oh this day to be soaring
swooping diving
banking flying

to be drifting
on the jet streams
all alone

to feel the joy
of total freedom
aloft without trying

to live as one
possessed of feather
and hollow bone

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rob kistner © 2012

  • collage at top entitled “Rising” by: rob kistner © 2003

  • 6 thoughts on “Oh to Fly”

    1. I was born into a family of pilots and taken up in the sky early on. I appreciate so much what you’re saying here. This miraculous freedom to soar with the birds often easily puts all our other dreads, fears and other man-made silliness into a more lofty, light and freeing perspective. 🙂

    2. good one Rob…..just before reading your words…I was outside with our dog for a short walk….AND…of course a couple of paragliders overhead floating down in a clear blue Autumn sky…they jump from a mtn ledge just up behind us…your words said it ALLLLLLL….happy trails

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