Flight to Freedom
by
David K. Irwin
September 19, 1998
Fleeting flights from the cities contamination
like an unshackled Falcon set free on the nation.
Magical flights stored in my core.
There to harvest
when memories
I choose to restore.
Fishing flies on an inlet so blue…
Why it’s Heaven to me…
What is it to you?
Sandhill’s cooing to their young (so I hear)
is sweeter than drinking that first cold beer.
Watching the deer roam…safe from fall’s war…
Sets my mind free like a good metaphor.
Moonlight’s magic
on an Ocean Lake
is "Superior" by far
to a gang-members wake.
Take my word for it;
I’ve been there and back!
You can’t get this high
from smoking crack!
‘Tis a natural high,
Good Lord, can’t you see?
And the best thing of all…
It’s everywhere…and it’s FREE!