The Night Sky

Weightlessly you leave the ground

Hanging gently in the breeze,

You lift your head to face the stars

and catch the wind above the trees,

You know you're safe, you know you're there

The night sky rushing through your hair

The shadow cast across the fields

By silver moon that lights the night

Over the mountains over the hills,

The changing horizons, you drift through the valleys

Reaching for distance, floating alone,

Like an eagle at midnight, under the stars.

Through frozen eyes you see the hills

Go rolling by, your spirit fills with wonder

And the freedom to roam the winter sky,

You drift into the fragrance of the forest

Swaying gently down below.

The warm glow of a village sleeping silently,

You rise to meet the bleakness of the mountain

That roll into the distance,

A ghost upon the north wind bound for nowhere,

To meet the rising sun.