Take Flight Poem by Melissa Wagner

I am a bird.

Feathers light as can be,
because I am so carefree.

Soaring through the air,
This feeling so not rare.

Diving fast,
having a blast.

Pulling out of the dive,
feeling so alive.

My friend is a bird.

Feathers heavy with weight,
so full of hate.

Struggling to fly,
as I pass them by.

Diving fast,
just to ignore the past.

Pulling out of the dive,
barely alive.

Yet what can I do as a friend,
but help them around the bend?

Give them a shove,
while showing them love.

I want to freely fly,
before I die.

But I want them with me,
both of us, riding the wind, free.

(12 Jan.2009)