Find Your Wings Poem by Barry Middleton

I know I was a lively child,
you do not need to hear,
for you can see it in my smile,
yet that could disappear.

For I am grown, a man knows how
to bear a heavy weight,
the challenge that some disavow,
we often call our fate.

And every child is full of grace,
yet life can wear us down.
The world turns at a hectic pace,
and peace is rarely found.

I whisper silent prayers for all,
as years go drifting by,
that everyone may heed the call,
to find their wings and fly.