Flight

Passing through the air
The many examples that make you stare
Soft, noiseless, slow in searching
Bobby, flittering and rapid
Expansive..using all possible area for soaring
Flight, envied by so many
Copied of a fashion to test for pollen
Meticulous examination of a feather
How it catches the air and and protects whatever the weather
Some beautiful and Taught as wire
Enables them to go higher
Ruffled, soft and gathered to form down by their mothers
Mimicked by mammals using folds of skin
Which doubles as blanket, warm while in
Dare to compare running for your life
To have the nerve to call it flight.

poem by Brian Roy Skyers
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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