Hiraeth

Fly

Let's be the ones to spread the light

Let's spread our wings and take flight

Like paper airplanes in the night

Let's be the things with feathers,

The ones that chirp in any weather.

Let's be the ones to take a stand,

The ones to give a helping hand.

Because "Hope is the thing with feathers,

that perches in the soul,"

And courage is the one that lasts,

The roar that shakes the Earth.

Because smiles don't cost a dime,

And laughs don't take much time.

Because cracked souls litter the world,

Let's not make another hurt.

There's darkness enough.

So be the one that starts something,

Not the one that ends it.

Our paper airplanes have wishes written on the wings

And they'll fly away in the wind

As we travel over the canyons and waterfalls.

Our paper wings won't last too long.

Our time fits inside a sandglass.

So tell me you'll be here.

The one that lands with me,

Not the one that makes me fall

But the one that helps me fly.

~October

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Part of this poem was inspired by "Hope" by Emily Dickinson.