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Airplane Wish MAG

February 2, 2013
By Thestral PLATINUM, Fort Collins, Colorado
Thestral PLATINUM, Fort Collins, Colorado
33 articles 12 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The head and the heart are contrary historians."


I'm still wishing on airplanes
still wishing on Tuesday nights
and the city street lights
As if they might fall off their lampposts
comment on dreams
and message the late-night office overhead
projecting those business flights against the dark backdrop of nightmares
For those kids who still stare out their
windows
and mistake them for stars
because how far would we get without them
Really all of our luggage is carry-on
our shoulders
our backs
you can't gate-check yesterday
and the roar of someone else's engine
keeps us going
I have no idea how we stay up
but I know some of the high points of my life have come from touching down on some strip of an idea
we're being wished on



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on Feb. 9 2013 at 6:58 pm
Thestral PLATINUM, Fort Collins, Colorado
33 articles 12 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The head and the heart are contrary historians."

To my lovely readers, I've revised this poem a lot since I submitted it, and while I really do appreciate your wonderful comments and ratings, I think I'm going to delete it and re-submit the latest version. Please feel free to  check out the new one and rate that!  Thanks! :) ~Thestral 

on Feb. 8 2013 at 6:25 pm
ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
24 articles 15 photos 289 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Great job, and very well done! Please rate on and read my poem "One Love"!

on Feb. 8 2013 at 10:55 am
Thestral PLATINUM, Fort Collins, Colorado
33 articles 12 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The head and the heart are contrary historians."

Thanks! :)

on Feb. 8 2013 at 8:56 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)
"I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right." -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, "The Book Thief"

it was beautiful!! gr8 work!