…photo below entitled “Followed by a Dream”, by Pensiero…
Skyward
•
if I could but glide
to the top of these stairs
like a bird in flight
I would soar skyward
in sweeping circles
lifted on mighty thermals
I would not be earthbound
not a prisoner of these steps
not captive by gravity
and… I would not return to work
this afternoon would be soaring
and swooping
and giving thanks
for feathers and hollow bones
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rob kistner © 2009
…poem inspired by a different photo from Pensiero, the individual who created the photo seen in read write image #12, found at “readwritepoem”
I like how the bird goes up and down just as the steps would make people do.