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!