BECAUSE YOU HAVE FLOWN

From the book Because I Fly, published by McGraw-Hill, 2002.

 I wrote Because You Have Flown in 1987 as a tribute to a friend after he was permanently grounded for medical reasons. Today, I dedicate this poem to my husband, Tom. On 21 March, 2013, he will fly his last flight after flying airplanes for 43 years. 

Tom,

May the Lord give you

strength

to wing out in new

directions;

to seek other horizons

far beyond the reach

of a wingtip;

to feel the solid ground

at your feet

as did the first man

millenniums ago;

to walk through this life

knowing that you’ve accomplished

more than most men

Because you have flown…

And no matter the length of a flight,

all birds must come landing

back to earth…

eventually.

© Kathleen M. Rodgers 1987 Alaska

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