such great black birds
fluttering up and up
air is swiftly sent everywhere
messing why even this pretty girl's hair
nothing but blue sky
floating above
blue blue eyes
a reflection of self
it would seem
and such a perfect day to fly
to the maestro's mind
unaged
before thee
man at one with his element
quite a view to behold
beyond even imagination's belief
its like something straight out of
Jules Vern's mind
an earmarked destiny
flavored by relief
such precision experience and training
could make even the most careless by
stander
indeed stop to watch gasp care and sigh
as that for which
such freedom must be
like so glorious
beyond the realm of the average man's vision
and surely the main reason why
with gravity we as magnet like mortals
choose it to defy.............
(Nov. 4, 1999)