Showing posts with label lighter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lighter. Show all posts

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Featherweight



When the strength you need

becomes all of the strength

you've given...

When unexpected loss

Takes your breath away

too...


When you balance 

All of your own weight

on your own 

two feet

without feeling

push or pull...


Flight may occur


When your vision is blurred

from speed, you see,

Direction is irrelevant

to destination.


When arrival is relative

to departure

and landing is only

One stop

of many...


It starts to feel 

Easier to open 

Both arms, wings 

and just soar...


A rough legged hawk soars over Seedskadee NWR, looking for its next meal. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS via Wikimedia Commons.

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