Taking Flight Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

Today I can feel my wings spread
As my left and right sides
Come into balance

And in the centre is me
Ny body
My heart
My mind
My soul
The core of my being

The self
From which these
feathered appendages
Extend

And as I
Bring myself together
In the middle
To bridge knowledge
And inspiration
Experience
And possibility
The hidden
And the foreseen

Joining past
Present
And future
Together
In a dance
Of celebration
I can feel my spirit lighten
Pulling my body up to join it
And I know that soon we will take flight