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Flying V

from Miles From Nowhere by Laura Meyer

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FLYING V

There’s a flying v passing overhead
I wish I knew where it went
The sleeping fields wear frost in stripes
And my spirit longs to fly

There’s a flying V passing overhead
The leaves are gold and red
The branches burn across the sky
Even the trees yearn to fly

From the beach I see both land and sea
But I belong to neither
I breathe the freezing air inside
And try to bring the sky to me

I wish I had feathers of my own
And a flock with which to fly and find my way home

There’s a flying V passing overhead
Slow like frozen breath
I watch mine rise like a cloud with my eyes
They are blue because I cannot fly

I wish I had feathers of my own
A flock with which to fly and find my way home
I wish I had feathers of my own
A flock with which to fly and find my way home

There was a flying V passing overhead
I do not know where it went
The waves below spray hopeful and high
But even the ocean knows it cannot fly

I wish I had feathers of my own
And a flock with which to fly and find my way home

But this flying V high above me
Is as close as I go to getting free


© Laura Katherine Meyer, January 2009

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from Miles From Nowhere, released September 22, 2009

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Laura Meyer Chicago, Illinois

I’m a writer and musician working in experimental memoir and sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I tutor and assistant teach. Previously I toured internationally for over ten years, collecting and curating experiences, melodies, language, characters, and sounds from the natural world. ... more

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