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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Contest · #1146588
Written for Lynn's Take My Phrase, Please Contest...planning my escape

A PLANE TO NOWHERE

Trapped inside a body that has been ravaged by age,
watching and waiting for something; turn another page
and somewhere find the solitude that eludes my soul,
to breathe the air of quietness is now my only goal.

The world offers me little comfort as I flounder in the sea
with memories of joy and tears, and the freedom to be me
is sorely lacking, once more I am constricted by the pain;
I long to break the bonds of earth, a free spirit once again.

I'll take a plane to nowhere, no destination yet in mind,
Somehow I will not forget the ones that I've left behind.
A one way ticket in my hand and a smile upon my face
as I very quickly fall asleep, traveling to a better place.

The sands of time keep shifting and the end is in sight,
I've found another place to dwell, bathed in bright light.
I feel no pain and touch my face, once wrinkled with age,
my gnarled hands are smooth again; turn another page.

Oh, do not weep above my grave, for I do not lie there,
I took a flight we all must take, on a plane to nowhere.

Countrymom
8/20/06

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