Flying Free Poem by Hirushi Jayasekera

Oh how joyous it must be
Flying o’er with no care in the world
Nothing to worry about, no particulars to see
No tears of a kind, no flame of agony

To take off into heavens above
Through clouds and candy skies
Flying past the horizon
O’er the sun that rolls down by

Past lakes and mountains
Sparkling green soils below
Oh how fantastic the Earth can be
Too bad it’s not so down below

For hidden in yellow fields of flowers
Amongst butterflies of muticolours
There lies a scent in the air
A vague sense of hope

From canopies of thick green rainforests
To under piles of snow
The scent lingers in the air
No matter where you go

That people down below
Live In peace
And these words of senseless dreams
Be so no longer
But the truth to believe

Oh to be a bird, a free bird that flies by
And yet it’s a dream, a dream for you and I