Learning to Fly

Into the distance, a ribbon of black

Stretched to the point of no turning back

A flight of fancy on a wind-swept field

Standing alone, my senses reel

A fatal attraction that's holding me fast

How can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

Tongue-tied and twisted

Just an earthbound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything

No navigator to find my way home

Unladen, empty, and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly

Condition grounded, but determined to try

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted

Just an earthbound misfit, I

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer

My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air

Across the clouds, I see my shadow fly

Out of the corner of my watering eye

I dream unthreatened by the morning light

Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this

Suspended animation, a state of bliss

Can't keep my mind from the circling sky

Tongue-tied and twisted

Just an earthbound misfit, I