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c lynn brooks
May 24, 2020 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

The Will To Fly

Don't clip my wings
for I've just learned to fly
to a soul that is restless
don't ever ask why

A fool I'd be to let this light grow dim
I answered the voice that cried from within
the hunger is deep the flames rise high
it calls out to me
let me fly ,let me fly

Give me the freedom of a bird in flight
let me take all he darkness
and turn it to light

A fool I'd be
to watch it all die
I won't let it fade to a tear and a sigh
it calls out to me
let me fly,let me fly
the hunger is deep the flames rise high

About This Poem

Last Few Words: These are actual lyrics that I have written the music to

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: north carolina usa, USA

Favorite Poets: Leonard Cohen, Edgar Alan Poe, ray Bradbury, John Grissom, .Alan S Jeeves James patterson,

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c lynn brooks

5 years 1 month ago

Teddy

aww thank you so much . unfortunately the only copy I have ( at least I think I do it is a very raw copy . The clean copy went to a recording studio that never made the recording. I have several others as well

Lavender

Lavender

5 years 1 month ago

The Will to Fly

Hi, Chrys,
It's the will to fly, succeed, blossom, grow that is so important. Your poem conveys that very well, especially with the use of the word 'hunger' several times throughout. Great final line - I envision a Phoenix.
Thank you!
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c lynn brooks

5 years 1 month ago

lavender

thank you so much! This was about my personal struggles that I was having at the time. I did set it to music that I also wrote

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tyro

5 years 1 month ago

I enjoyed your inspiring poem

I enjoyed your inspiring poem about the immaterial force that resides in all of us. And that age old dream of loosening the clay feet, to soar in spiritual lands.

Gracy

Gracy

5 years 1 month ago

Hi Chrys, what a lovely poem,

Hi Chrys, what a lovely poem, excellent for these trying times. It's uplifting and has good rhymes all the way through. I especially like the strophe below;

Give me the freedom of a bird in flight
let me take all (t)he darkness
and turn it to light

It's a beautiful wish, may God bless us all with that Light.

Gracy

Gracy

5 years 1 month ago

Hello again, Chrys, each time

Hello again, Chrys, each time I read your poem I imagine different things. I like the idea of taking off like a large bird, as Jerry says. Enjoyed a lot. Best, Gracy

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c lynn brooks

5 years 1 month ago

Gracy

thanks again actually these lyrics were written at a very difficult time in my life