chapter 30 the flock
I fell in a rumple; a stumbling wight,
Devolved in decision that arrowed my mind,
Yet while I collapsed like a tattering kite;
Lo! came a notion that stiffened my spine...
Lifting my arms I recovered my flight!
Relayed from the sand in my soaring again,
Energy grown from expedient quest,
Cycling whistles through creases of pain,
As I struggled for height at my body's behest,
Larks of the sky swept me up in their flock,
Lightened my heart as I followed their skein-
Elided in air by the glorious shock,
Diving for space with a hope to attain.
Artistry granted by luck and by grace,
Gliding with friends of an avian breed,
Alight with the folk of a fantasy race,
Innovation my watchword, at gratitude's creed-
Novel horizons I'd seek and succeed!
Devolved in decision that arrowed my mind,
Yet while I collapsed like a tattering kite;
Lo! came a notion that stiffened my spine...
Lifting my arms I recovered my flight!
Relayed from the sand in my soaring again,
Energy grown from expedient quest,
Cycling whistles through creases of pain,
As I struggled for height at my body's behest,
Larks of the sky swept me up in their flock,
Lightened my heart as I followed their skein-
Elided in air by the glorious shock,
Diving for space with a hope to attain.
Artistry granted by luck and by grace,
Gliding with friends of an avian breed,
Alight with the folk of a fantasy race,
Innovation my watchword, at gratitude's creed-
Novel horizons I'd seek and succeed!