Thursday, December 28, 2006
For twenty years
The Young One pranced around in her little nest
she practised flapping her wings
made short flights around her nest
But she never flew more than that
The Young One was quick to hide herself
when she saw other birds fly past into the sky
She heard squeaks of laughter
She saw smirks and sneers on their faces
She knew she wasn't flying well
She knew she had a lot of more to learn
A lot more to do to perfect her flight
The Young One often looked into the sky
those puffy white clouds floating against the azure blue sky
that is where the Young One yearns to be
How delightful it must be to fly among those clouds!
Somehow
The Young One knew that the sky was unattainable
she dreamed of flying in the skies every night
but she somehow knew it didn't belong to her
no matter how hard she learned to fly
flying wasn't her forte
She wasn't sure that the way she flew
will take her to the skies of happiness
One fine day
The Wise One came back to her
The Wise One was a teacher who used to teach her how to fly
Young One,
There's just one more thing you have to learn about flying
You've got to learn to be kind to yourself
You are flying fine!
Why can't you just be confident of the way you fly?
Then The Wise One flew away
and the Young One saw her teacher soar
higher and higher
into those bright skies of happiness
For a long time
The Young One never saw the Wise One
and those words that the Wise One said
faded further and further away
The Admirable One flew to her nest one day
She has seen The Admirable One flying before
His flight was one of swiftness and smoothness
It was pure grace and elegance when he flew
The Young One always watched wide-eyed as he flew
She secretly wished that
The Admirable One and her would one day
soar into the sky of happiness
together
The Admirable One flew to her nest one day
The Young One was so happy
She couldnt stop prancing around
Why don't you fly into the skies like the others do?
The Young One slouched
her head sinking deep down
Because
I am not good enough to fly
There isn't such a thing as being good enough to fly
Everyone is unique
So are you
and all you have to do is to fly it your way
and you will still soar into the skies of happiness
You just have to try not to be so hard on yourself
try not to be so hard on yourself
The Young One thought
those words rang a bell
The Wise One said it before to her!
The Young One finally realised
She was her greatest obstacle to happiness all this while
The laughter
sneers
smirks
they were all what
she thought
the other birds thought about her
Come!
Fly with me to the skies of happiness!
And then the Admirable One began to spread out his wings
Encouraged by the Admirable One
The Young One spread out her wings too
And started flapping them
in her own rhythm
at her own pace
and in the style she likes
and before she knew it
she was cruising among the clouds with the Admirable One
feeling the gush of wind
as it kissed her in the face
[Jay Rawks`]
at 8:26 PM
