"As though I had wings", by Mary Oliver
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greatpoetryI feel my boots
trying to leave the ground,
I feel my heart
pumping hard. I want
to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing,
as though I had wings.
From "Starlings in Winter by Mary Oliver
(viaminoanmiss , with many thanks)
trying to leave the ground,
I feel my heart
pumping hard. I want
to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing,
as though I had wings.
From "Starlings in Winter by Mary Oliver
(via
minoanmiss , with many thanks)