<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363573" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Teased The Air</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They teased the air with their wings, <br>rising up towards the sun <br>and there among the clouds they hid <br>as a new dawn had begun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The enemy started their dawn patrol <br>not knowing of this day of reckoning <br>that stood ahead of them <br>ten minutes after they rose into the sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Out of the sun, <br>they came like dragons breathing fire. <br>Diving like a hawk <br>on its prey below.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sky was now filled <br>with angry birds with wooden wings. <br>They darted across the sky in fights <br>which some would never return.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Spiralling smoke herald, <br>another victory for someone <br>and for the other <br>life no more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their names are recorded <br>on monuments forever <br>depicting their victories <br>and their demise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As the years pass on <br>how much do we remember <br>of these men who teased the air <br>with their wooden wings <br>as they flew across the sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>18 August 2011</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Author’s Note: <br>This was written as a dedication to all the brave aviators on both sides during the First World War when flying was still in its infancy.<br>D.V.H.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Harris">David Harris</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363573" data-title="Teased The Air de David Harris" data-description="They teased the air with their wings, rising up towards the sun and there among the clouds they hid as a new dawn had begun. The enemy started their dawn patrol not knowing of this day of reckoning that stood ahead of them ten minutes after..."></div> </div> </div>

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