If Only I Could Fly (Big Boys Don't Cry)

The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Thoreau

if only i could fly

i'd write poetry with white clouds in the sky

peek and find out what's on the other side before i die

cross my wings while telling a lie

laugh when i feel the need to sigh

poke a cyclopse in the eye

if only i could fly

i'd drop ketchup on every french fry

paint the sunset in tie-dye

steal yesterday's milk money and not bother to tell it why

hang out with god and moses on mount sinai

circling 'round and 'round watching eternity go by

if only i could fly

i wouldn't be wish-washy, i'd flat out deny

i'd take pigs on vacation to get them away from the sty

i'd soar over sin

sing songs with jimi and jim

wear a crown and tell my unloyal subjects to go away or come nigh

because big boys don't cry

Author's Note

"Thank God, man cannot as yet fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!" - Thoreau

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

Superb work. You bring height and depth to this poem.