If we could just ignore gravity,
we could fly.
If we could find the will,
there’s so much
we could set aside.
Hate and pain,
imaginary finish lines;
that we think protect,
but they just confine.
I’m standing here
at the edge
of humanity’s ascent,
hanging my toes off of the edge.
Wondering about defying
everything that they have said.
Ignore the world
and listen to the wind.
If I fly, would you come with me?
Ignoring gravity.
We spend our minds
watching the wars,
but most of forgot
what we are fighting for.
The hardest battles
are all fought alone,
fought inside our heads
we feel it in our bones.
A firebomb,
it lights the night,
but it can’t light the way,
out of the cycle
we are living every day.
We can watch the game,
the pawns are now in play,
but there’s more going on
than we appreciate.
So I think I’ll step outside,
set for my first or final flight
and breathe in deep,
taking in the sight
of the city in the dying light.
Then I step off the edge
and disappear into the night;
wondering if you would come with me;
ignoring gravity.
If you never hear from me again,
it won’t be because I died,
but because I slipped my chains
and learned to fly.
You can too,
if only you
would free your mind like me
and start to think about
ignoring gravity.
HG – 2016
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