"Flying for Forever" Inspired by Skandar and the Unicorn Thief:

Flying for Forever

Few things are as amazing

as flying on unicornback.

Through the endless blue,

we’re the only ones for miles.

Flying is

liberation from the weight of responsibility,

ecstasy that makes joy seem sad,

space where time doesn’t exist.

The world belongs to us

here and now.


Flesh is weaker than spirit,

and, eventually, we have to land.

Returning feels like

an admittance of defeat.

No longer are we sustained

by wind and light

by clouds and the endless horizon.

Gravity holds us captive to the ground,

exhaustion denies us an immediate

escape to sky.


If only my life was lived in midair,

my worries would never catch up

and my fears would never hold me down.


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