As the mild autumn breeze caressed my vivid colored skin,
I resisted the uninvited tugs which strived to reel me in
A restraining rope,
Indeed it was
It gleefully ignored my own desires
I selfishly opposed this short selfish line because
It held me back from soaring higher;

Unframed giants similar to mine
Snaked their way down the path in a jumbled line
And in each of their grasps dangling like fine blocks of gold,
Other kites like myself struggled from his own leash’s choking hold;

As the widespread of field was reached,
My heart burned up with yearning
I felt a dire need to be free,
But the memory of a leash savagely punctured my soul like a piercing
I resentfully admitted it was not meant to be;

Back and forth I helplessly swayed and saw the world from a new point of view
There was joy and jubilant laughter as both kite and man played
This lingering happiness ripped my heart in two
Suddenly my master then lifted my high
And I rose into the mild autumn breeze reaching towards the naked sky;

Bid me farewell the rich, green pasture did
As I joined the open sky
Breathtaking sights were revealed that normally hid
From those who bore the lowland eyes
And as my perfect, silky skin billowed as I flew,
A mob of dots gathered beneath me and I began to hear faint “ahs” and “oohs”;

When my companion, the autumn breath began to weaken,
So did my lift begin to fade
The rope that once myself had shaken,
Ceased its forceful, controlling rage
As the blue eternity slowly floated to the heavens high,
The greedy, wicked leash was finally dominated by I,
The dazzling kite
Which plummetted from the
Untouched sky;

And as the autumn breeze
Caressed my vivid-colored skin
I resisted the uninvited tugs which strived to reel me in;
My stolen freedom;