In Flight

Independence comes with age
Children leave the nest as birds
no longer under parent’s words
freed from prison, and iron cage
With wings finally unfurled
Each turn of their new flight
Takes them to unreached height
In exploration of the world.

Yet youthful birds grow weak
Against strong winds they fight
Then they seek shelter in the nest
And when the world looks bleak
Children too will leave their heights
And in their parent’s shelter rest