I Have Touched The Sky

A dream born in my childhood
Watching the birds above
I ached to join them in flight
To relase the grasp the Earth held to me

Climbing trees, and chasing birds
To feel what they feel
To see what they see
The ultimate feeling of freedom I dreamt of

Age catches us quickly
Dreams wither away until forgotten
We continue our lives forgetting our past
The dreams we held, the desires we sought

A walk througha field rekindled a dream
A roar in the distance tickled the senses
I look above the trees as past dreams poured over me
A beautiful silver bird of man saoring over my head

She cut through the air with such elegance
Such a sound of her engines rumbled in my chest
The memories of a dream to fly came rushing in
Oh to be up there with no boundaries I thought

I followed the sound of her engines as she landed
There she sat, a beast from the past
Fueling my desire to sprout wings
The old Bomber beackoned me to follow

I took the plunge and tapped my resources
Hours of lessons and days of frustration
Was it worth the turmoil it created I wondered
The strain on my nerves, and the dent to my finances

Two and a half years went buy,
Hours of study and doubt
I walked out to by bird, heart pounding in my chest
The Examiner watching over my every move

The wheels lift off the pavement and I feel the wind
A feeling of freedom I had only dreamed of
The sound of the engine singing in the background
Making elegant circles in the sky I perform perfectly

We land hours later as I fear the worste
The examiner smiles and shakes my hand
I have fullfilled my life long dream
For I have touched the sky

I fly freely now, not a care in the world
The ground below me as I join the birds
Saoring over the city in my own paradise
Dreams are meant to be lived, and I have lived mine.