Without Wings

Without Wings

by

Macie Snow

My dream is to flly

high in the sky

A bird flies

across the skies

over the trees

across the oceans and seas.

And people like me

wishin to be

up there in the sky

careless and free.

But take away those wings

and what do we see?

That which was once careless and frree

Is now trapped on the ground with me

Longing to once again be

In the sky where it belongs

Instead of gazing up at the stars

looking near and far

To find a way back

to the sky.

It saddens me

to find this bird

who belongs in the sky

is stuck with me.

Both of us without wings

unable to escape

this doldrum we call home

unable to truly be

Free.