Arms & Wings Poem by Lubna Hazeem

I might have flown too high
Before i hit the ground, i sighed
This isn't exactly what i had in mind
See, i won't recover, but i will be fine

I'll get through the trials of life
No need for help, on whom i'd rely?
Everyone here has been sharing a dream
For so long, they've given up everything

And why you ask, haven't they grasped?
A simple amount of reality as that?
Not so fast, as they said so themselves
Where to next, heaven or hell?

Burn these wings with the fire of my soul
Spare me not the arms of humility's control
To conquer me i say, it's going to take you more
Than any kind of strength you've ever had before