Flight

Artwork: Sleeping Smoke - Amy Sol, 2009

i set

myself

adrift

amidst

the chaos

around me:

i close

my ears

to the

naysayers'

portent and

proverbs and

patter of

doom.

this time,

this space -

like a

bondswoman

i have

earned

them.

i have

prayed;

i've been

answered.

i do

what must

needs

to be

done.