I wish that I

could fly from here to heaven

with golden wings

my ears full of cups of feathers

I want to sleep

but sleep denies me as it's brother

I cannot weep

for I am experiencing the joy of life

I wish that I could

fly from here to heaven

with enlarged eagle's wings at my back

my soul chiseled out of marble

placed on a silver pedestal

hewn from a constant gaze from your eyes

I want to say that I can love

for you to be the love

you are like a day

once come and gone

with me busy moving

from past to future

I wish that I could swim

for a thousand miles

and never tire against the waves

cut through tempests

evade lightning strikes

and drink a spirit stronger than mine

from your lips

I wish that I could breathe

and feel the wind

and breathe again