Soaring

(Inspired by my painting, SOARING)

 

Above the azure waters

along the granite shores

you soar with screeching, gurgling calls

your feathers glistening white

 

We watch your graceful swoops and dives

With envy in our hearts

to join you in your air ballet

to float above the earth

 

It is man’s dream to be like you

to rise above his plights

to lift on thermals in the sky

away from all his strife

 

Though humankind has found the means

we must depend on mechanical wings

encased in boxes or lifted by kites

not content with earthbound feet