<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521421" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>First Flight</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The young bird hops, <br>into my open garage.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Head hunched<br>it studies the veined floor<br>like a map; lost traveler <br>cast low from<br>wooded heights, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and lifts to its mother<br>a raspy cry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Too early from the nest<br>fearful of the sky, <br>unsure of tender wings, <br>not able to fly, <br>it’s helpless.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I want to hold it, <br>feel its heart<br>tremble in my gentle hands</div><div style="margin:10px 0">return it <br>to shredded nest, <br>or, <br>like a prayer, <br>cast it high to heaven<br>and watch it fly<br>or fall, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but I do nothing.<br> <br>when echoing its mother’s call<br>the youngster stumbles out the door<br>and into the still street -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Breathless, <br>I watch mother bird <br>diving near<br>as the fledgling <br>rises <br>into familiar air.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</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=521421" data-title="First Flight de Steven Federle" data-description="The young bird hops, into my open garage. Head hunched it studies the veined floor like a map; lost traveler cast low from wooded heights, and lifts to its mother a raspy cry. Too early from the nest fearful of the sky, unsure of tender win..."></div> </div> </div>

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