As free as thought
My plane dips to earth
Flying through the stratus

I soar through space
Not a whisper in the air
Cutting through spumes of cloud
Racing for the stars
Waiting expectantly

Up, up into the mirrored blue
Like a seagull
Dancing with easy grace
What peace
Aloft in the majesty of space

Into this realm I am enveloped
Consumed by scorpion shaped clouds
Out of touch with earth
Within a small world of my own

My thoughts suspended towards
The horizon
Only the engine’s murmur in the
Silence of the sky

Angel fingers weave
Like cotton candy
Through the blue endless heavens
What joy this dimension
Of time that is and isn’t

Feelings of freedom, power
Faith and control
So few are able to experience
On this plain

Time and distance slip past my wings
As I peer downward
Descending
To the bonds of earth

Diving towards the ground
Fog hanging
Under a motionless/sun
I dip, turn through the Valley
And touch the ground at home