Youthful Dreams Poem by Ojok Isaac

I sat on a branch of a tree
Counting birds flying in the air
Wishing I had wings to fly
I would fly so high

All this youthful dreams
Ended when the branch I sat on
Broke and gave me way to fall
In a nest of thorns that grew beneath the tree

So then I knew I couldn't fly
But as a human being with brains
And having bones and muscles
That give me strength

I can walk so far and high
To a height that no bird can reach
But it all begin from the first step
Followed by a thousand steps