how to fly
some are born with wings.
if you feel them, lifting your spirits
and lightening your heart
you are one of the lucky few.
if you are too weighed down
by fear or anger or worry
to soar over the rest,
to rise above the world,
heedless of headache or heartache,
you must learn to surrender
pride and self-doubt,
give up the key to your being,
to let the whole earth see
what is trapped inside you
and set it free.
you must be brave enough,
strong enough, to dive
from the echoing cliff
you must be light enough
to release all you cling to,
before falling into oblivion.
and if your wings do spread
if your heart and your head
feel more airy than the very air
and the fear, the anger, the worry is gone,
you might just fly.
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