growth outside the box

I Am



(Written in 1994)

Way up high among the clouds in the deep blue

I am an eagle soaring through the sky

With natures wind beneath my wings

I fly upon the mountain top where

I am a single aspen among the mighty pine

Yet because of their great height

I am but a bush trying to blend in

As fall arrives

I am but a fallen leaf rustling in the wind

Yet from that crowd I too am cast

Now, I am a shadow

Nothing more than a silhouette of the past.