TETHER

A plane just released a glider above me...

It must be so awesome to fly

Without power

Without engines

Like you're going to die

To just slide through

To air streams

That carry you high

Spin around like a falcon

In the silence of time

Cord disconnects

- Like umbilical lost

Course correct by the captain

Every choice has a cost

Turn toward delicate landings

That are miles away

As the wind whistles by

And begs you to stay

Such a constant temptation

To stay up ever longer

Stare down at Earth

- Like a phantom

Knowing gravity's stronger

Yet with wind swells you're up

For a little bit more

See that runway grow distant

With inclinations to soar

Close your eyes you can feel it

With long delicate wings

Stretched far out

Like a cross

That can hear the Earth sing

Claiming skies like a bird

Such an urge to grow feathers

But in the end

You return

For the Earth

Is our tether