Flight

-Flight-
by Keaton Foster


Flight
I must know
Soaring
I wanna go
Upward bound
Avoiding
The hardened ground
Climbing to heaven
Ascension
Of gravities forgetfulness
I’ll request
At least
That’s my intention
Flight
Upon this ledge
Proudly I stand
The science
Foolproof
I know
What I’m saying
And have
An ability to understand
Be assured
Both are not the same
This suit of feathers
Plucked from pigeons
Naked birds
How absurd
Flight
At this point
I feels it’s a right
I’ve put in the work
The science is solid
Quite foolproof
Well almost
I’ve lost much weight
Frail and sick
Concerned are some
They keep asking
What have you done
When they should be asking
What are you about to do
Flight
I have strong faith
I’m ready to soar
Beyond the clouds
I won’t be kept down
All that is left
All that remains
Is a leap of faith
Off the highest of place
A place few dare go
A height deemed insane
A towering location
Of absolute desolation
This will be pass or fail
This will be live or die
And I’m ready to go
I’m willing to know
Flight
Can a being born a man
Become a bird of fancy
Upon the wind, dancing
Soaring beyond this skin
Arms outstretched
Faith worn on my chest
Closest to my heart
Fate to be dealt
Or smashed
I won’t know
Until I take a step
So here it is
The moment of go
Down from three
I leap
At first I soar
At first I fly
Like every other bird
In God’s blue sky
But at first
Does no last very long
Gravity won’t be denied
And I begin to regret
What feelings I have left
As I fall like a stone
Towards the end
Of my experiment
And with such an end
Comes a greater nothing
Beyond the blue
Out there within the truth
That human beings
Are not meant to fly…

Flight
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.