Into the distance,
a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point
of no turning back
A flight of fancy
on a windswept field
Standing alone
my senses reeled
A fatal attraction
is holding me fast,
How can I escape
this irresistible grasp?
Can't keep my eyes
from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted,
just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming
on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought,
I thought of everything
No navigator to
find my way home
Unladened, empty
and turned to stone
A soul in tension --
that's learning to fly
Condition grounded
but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes
from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted
just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet
on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo,
a vapour trail
in the empty air,
Across the clouds
I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner
of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened
by the morning light
Could blow this soul
right through the roof
of the night
There's no sensation to
compare with this
Suspended animation,
a state of bliss
Can't keep my mind
from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted
just an earth-bound misfit, I
