This poem was a reading reflection for school to a book that I read. The book is called Flygirl, by Sherri L. Smith. Flygirl tells the story of an African-American girl during World War II who wants to become a WASP, or Women’s Airforce Service Pilot. Blacks are not allowed to join the WASP, but the main character, a girl named Ida Mae, is light-skinned enough that she can pass as white.

In Among the Clouds, I tried to express the freedom and exhilaration that Ida Mae experienced when she was flying. I tried to put the reader in the cockpit of the plane, feeling what Ida Mae felt while she was soaring through the air.