Schoolyard Swing

I simple thing a school yard swing
A pendulum of steel and chain
With leather seat to make it sweet
Concrete footings in the ground
To make you feel that it is sound

I used to go late Saturday
When no else was out to play
And take the middle swing as mine
To melt away a loner’s time

With stretched out arms I’d lay right back
And thrust my weight with every pass
To reach a point of resonance

I’d close my eyes in great escape
To watch the colors and the shapes
That imagination soon creates
When eyes are closed in revelry
Against a blue sky all can see

With increasing amplitude
I’d push the limits to the moon
In hopes to gain more altitude

To reach the point I am aiming at
When the chains begin to slack
My soul would reach infinity
My body soon broke free
From the laws of gravity