Wings of the Season

So many years in the shallow valley

feet never leaving the ground

Cautiously treading,  stumbling on stones

each tearfall slowing you down

Head hung low, where could you go

Doubting your life held a mission

One leap of faith was all it would take

Finally making decisions

Unopened gift given at birth

not even so much as a peek

Haunting fears kept it wrapped

too fearful of risking defeat

The day you fell, too weak to yell 

Surviving left soley to you

Battered and bruised, unwrapping the box

you knew just what you must do

Your God given gift, golden wings to fly

waiting no more, your season was nigh

Now top of the class, never dreamed you would pass

Crime's mysteries knock at your door

Family so proud, mom never doubt

that Seasoned wings would soar

By now you should know, wherever you go,

New seasoned wings will flock

Each child with a smile, spread their wings

never allowing their dreams to stop