The Flight of Desire
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Standing on the ground,

Staring into the sky,

Thinking,

To fly or not to fly.

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The earth is not for me,

It’s so crowded, so full.

I’m ready to make that leap,

But not sure, if I’ll escape the gravitational pull.

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Oh gravity, you are such a temptation,

I’m struggling to undo your clasps.

I need an innovation,

I need to escape your grasp.

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O alchemist, do you have the potion,

that can help me fly?

Or can you make the heavens conspire,

to lower the sky?

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The alchemist said:

The problem is not that

the sky is high,

The problem is that you don’t know

that you can fly.

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He added:

My son, you can fly if you have the desire,

you can fly, if your soul is on fire.

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And he revealed:

If you can’t fly at first,

do not lose heart.

Just flutter your wings hard enough,

and the gravity will fall apart.