F L Y

• Alana Majstorovic, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2014

fall |fôl|
verb
move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control

without control

It’s not the falling that we are afraid of
that makes our hearts beat fast
our pulse race like wildfire-

It’s the loss of control.

Man dreams to fly
to control the wind, to bear the wing
(and the burden it brings)
not to fall.

fly 1 |fli|
verb
1 (of a bird or other winged creature) move through the air under control