take-off

maybe through living rooms 

with furniture made from the finest

fabric or

maybe handed down made from cheap

wood or 

maybe from neighborhood to neighborhood 

maybe city to city

maybe state to state

or if the world was flat

from Alaska to New Zealand

in houses built like mansions or shacks

maybe made by

hands

young and old 

rich or poor

maybe men or women

at parties, alone or not

maybe somber or not

or in your living room alone

asked by a boy or girl, 

who are also looking for

attention and affection

too build something to pass the time and

maybe then to feel the memories and emotions

that build inside you of when you were a child,

maybe wanting to put together something 

quick or

maybe for that boy or girl - too

maybe get them out of your hair

so you can continue with the adults

at the party,

maybe to finish a drink or conversation

and

maybe to see them off and running

maybe to rebuild the one you've made

maybe with wild drawings of life

maybe with stars and stripes

maybe with a moon or red circle

maybe with colors: red, white, blue or

maybe white and blue

maybe yellow, green, and red

maybe green, white, and gold

scribbled on with crayon, pencil, pen or

maybe paint..

maybe with words of asking or telling

of love, or of hope, or of dreams or

maybe of rhymes and secret passwords,

these things that take place

in our living rooms

through space and time

maybe for building imagination

and letting go..

maybe to connect with something, 

someone

a small and simple gesture

suspended in the moment of

disbelief

that

maybe,

maybe,

just maybe..

see a paper plane take-off in flight..