Learning To Fly

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. - Thoreau

with a run in her fishnets

she went walking in the clouds

breaking both a nail and a heel

she laughed despite how it hurt to feel

on the way to heaven

sometimes you have to stop and kneel

sometimes you cry

no need to ask why

you've gotta live before you die

that's just how it is

when you're learning to fly

Author's Note

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” - Thoreau

* All due credit to Tom Petty for his song." *

Reviews

[lightsong]

You are really amazing, totally amazing dear Pete! a marvelous witty writer, your style is the same BUT the brilliance is only more, I wish to stop repeating myself in my style and give something new through my poetry, so please apology while I am getting jealous from You as You are repeating your style AND giving something new, to start with, choosing a woman with high heels is alone magnificent and shows how smart You are, how many times a woman walk in these high heels before she can walk lofty, proudly with no fear?! it's not easy to do so with a high heels maybe You should try it sometime to see how it is ;) and so is living, we fall and we rise only to keep walking our way up, up here on earth and up to heavens. stunning piece my ever talented friend.

[Pete]

whenever i see a woman in heels i always wonder how the heck they walk in those things - thought i i thought it made a great analogy that people could easily relate to. we are all different in writing, trying to spill our guts in our own way at any given time. you spill writes very uniquely with love, passion and truth with delicate feeling and emotion which is magnificent in its own right. thanks for sharing the uplifting thoughts ... :)

[Chris Shaw]

KIller heels. They aren't called that for nothing. You have to be mighty brave to parade around in those at such a height. I mean you can be easily seen, not much to hide is there? Never tried them. Far too scared to fall flat on my face or arxe over head:) I belong to a flat heels society ha ha. Great poem Pete.

Chris

[Pete]

lol. i know huh? stiletto stilts - dangerous. the things women go through to attract men - makeup, hair and such. whew, better save than sorry. thanks for the sensible share chris ... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

well done says i! .. what poetry is supposed to be! short, sweet and sour and very poignant .. sound wisdom .. all rolled up in fishnets and stiletto heels .. i grew up in upstate NY .. Genesee beer was one of the big ones .. their rep. for many years was the Genesee Girl .. i fell in love with her ... it was advertised she would be at the State Fair one year and i was right there to see her .. front center stage .. i could see the runs in her black fish net stockings .. and the too much makeup on her face .. at 8 or 90 yrs old i felt a profound sadness on her behalf .. one i didn't really understand .. but my love wilted after that .. she was, after all, only human ;{ ... real fine poem sir! great wisdom within .. "that's just how it is" ... killer line for me!
E.

[Pete]

what a great share e. growing up, my father drank genesee beer, i remember well pics of the girl. i think when we can sympathize with the crosses that others bear and come to terms with our own, we are well on our way to flying beyond our wildest dreams. liberation is a great thing. jesus wasn't kidding when he said, "the truth will set you free" ... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

No! He sure wasn't ... I don't think Jesus kidded about much of anything .. at least in those 3 yrs of public teaching. Luv on ya brother!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like this a lot, Pete.
Being fake and just presenting appearance does not do it for a person's insides.
Life has to be lived in the trenches, and we can't be afraid to get down and dirty.
j.

[Pete]

i think that is where the "good stuff" of life is found - rising above the troubles and shortcomings life can bring. yes, we must get down and dirty in the trenches but that is where the truth must be met and conquered. rising above is a glorious thing ... :)