State of Mind

State of Mind

How ends this flight through hazy sky
on wings of steel above so high?
I sit and ponder in my seat
and watch as pillow clouds fly by.

I will distraction as I eat
and drink and watch and hear the bleat
of music blasting through my ears.
I shift and wiggle, stretch my feet.

The Wrights and Lindbergh, pioneers,
they brought me here with all my fears.
But, then, I look at sky so blue,
and trepidation disappears.

I understand now what they knew,
the urge to fly up high and through,
the clouds, the peace, the dream come true.
I calm my heart, enjoy the view.

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Form: Quatrain
A Quatrain is a poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyming scheme.

A few examples of a quatrain rhyming scheme are as follows:

#1) abab
#2) abba -- envelope rhyme
#3) aabb
#4) aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd -- chain rhyme