Flight

Gravity is a universal law

Essential to all existence,

Growing or slowing by relative mass

With elegant class and persistence.

And I and you and

The fresh morning dews

Must yield to the ultimate power

To find it our friend from beginning to end

As life breathes in every flower.

Alas, longing to fly

Far beyond the red sky

From horizon to distant horizon

To frolic and sing

Like a bird on the wing

And elude this terrestrial prison.

As Icarus learned in his quest for the sun

 There is consequence to every action.

And though it be regal

To soar like an eagle

Might we e’er achieve satisfaction?

While we ponder and preen in

Our flying machines

Jumping mountains and oceans

With utter delight

The thought seems absurd

We should covet the birds

And be envious of their flight. 
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