Fly

The Girl

She wants to be a bird when she grows up

How cool would it be

To see what's above the clouds?

To float on the breeze?

To fly?

But they tell her that's impractical. 

A girl cannot become a bird. A girl cannot fly.

For halloween, she dresses as a fairy

Cardboard wings taped to her back.

The other kids laugh

And tell her she's too fat

And her stubby wings will never get her off the ground

A girl cannot fly

But she can fly

Airplanes are always an option, aren't they?

Yeah, right. They tell her

She's too dumb to be a pilot

And too ugly to be a flight attendant

Your dreams are stupid

Just give up already.

Finally she does

She climbs very high where she can see the clouds one last time

She knows she cannot fly. 

The world has made this very clear.

But that's kind of the point this time