The Child's Flight

Once upon a time

There was a child

Who wanted to fly.

She climbed on the back of a bird

And it took her high.

She gained the sky,

Touched every cloud with her fingertips

And tasted the sweetness of  their vapors

With the tip of her tongue.

Then she looked down,

At the people who walked on the ground

(Those whom she was no longer among).

She gained the sky,

But lost the world...

She was no longer

A child.