FLY NOW

Little dear with your horns all up in a knot
time has made patterns all through the land
small boys growing, becoming small men
soldiers standing with feet flat on earth

go on and fly now
dig up the sandbox that lines the sky
go and ascend
or you will not learn how

sturdy man with your musket, ready to shoot
your playing ground is the same as theirs was
small men shooting and showing and falling
badges awarded to shreds of a nation

go on and fly now
dig up the sandbox that lines the earth
go and ascend
or you will not fall here

Written in 2003.

Poetry