we are flying

seeking love and god

then we crash

wheels keep turning

gears are smashed

still we keep trying

defying gravity  

even tears are abashed

defining love

rising while reaching up

into a loveless sky

love seems so distant 

so very far away

God seems that way

beyond sky and star high

yet through so much 

all this imposing overcast

defining cash and dash

echoing rash applause

even another dog crowd

building impeding walls

imposing towering pride

flooding war with unending hate 

devils depending on hide-out tunnels

this turning wheel we ride

intensely forever

orbiting hidden treasure 

immensely great 

what is foreboding

success and reassuring strides

measuring tides and saints

viewing iconic images 

deciphering what has been written

slowly grinding away

lower and lower 

is where this goes

still far and beyond 

yesterday's killer limits

great thrilling mounds 

sound distilling history

past time and warp

climbing and flying fast 

even towards catastrophic heights

yet even at last

shackled castes and other lives

tossed into the writhing sun

hard words searching

costs so far reaching

snake tongues speaking

licking at a well of souls

humanity with fellowship 

should be hoping

entropy could be communion 

something mellow and right

coping day and night

evidence and wisdom teaches

existence reflects the whole

while creation keeps 

divinity in sight

even when light retreats

we should hope and think

try reinventing happiness 

entranced by our love of flying

unintentionally sighing

incidentally so much laughing

yet with love we crash

that's what we know

weeping and crying

tears even while we're dreaming 

instilled by our fear of truly flying 

could love help us heal

maybe gravity's hard feelings 

will help us navigate to light

somewhere in this celestial show

where all this failing and falling

will help us learn to love and grow

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