Against the Wolves
Of broken trees,
Walks a little girl
With broken knees.
Angry at some,
Afraid of none,
Longing for her
Grandma's embrace.
Stalked by the
Big bad wolf,
Poor Wolfie
Didn't know
She had a gun.
To all the Seagulls who wanna fly
Jonathan Livingston Seagull written by Richard Bach changes lives.. Like it did mine. This book resonated with me more than anything else in this mundane world. Before, I was one of the other gulls who didn't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight. I only cared about surviving everyday without purpose like a machine - just getting through a day, from shore to food and back again. Only when I was stuck in a disaster did I realise the importance of flying. "There's so much to learn!" I want to fly. I don't want to fly to eat. I want to fly because I love flying. I belatedly realised there's a Jonathan Livingston Seagull living inside me all these years unnoticed. The weight of failure is heavy on my back. Just like Jonathan. But I will not give up my flight no matter how much the other gulls mock me and pull me down. I get breathless and terribly tired while trying to fly. But the thought of my breakthrough, makes my little heart race. My flig
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