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Flight of Determination
Birds can fly
Too low and too high
They’re given the chance to dance until they glance the trance of their desire
Not afraid to catch the eye with their silent calling of color
Birds can sing
Too loud and too soft
Their disquisition of daring dreams
Clear
Connected
Complete
I am given the same risk
To whisk away the wandering whimpers
But the world is not upon my shoulders
But rolling beneath my feet
I lack the luster to leap
Lamenting in the late light of morn
Wings are given
Woes forgotten
Only to wake the fog that hinders the heightened hallow
Peace
A virtue of the unaccomplished

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I wrote this piece to transcribe my frustration to speak. The first 2 stanzas were inspired by the bluejays I often see outside my bedroom window, and how they allow themselves to fly and sing without hesitation. I reflect on how I'm often handed the opportunity to speak my mind but choose to remain complacently silent. The last stanza only came to mind after the realization that my vexation to voice my thoughts comes from my strive to find the perfect words.