
Cranes specks in the sky
Freezing cottonwoods shiver
Dawn spreads light’s colors

Sun sets behind wire
Orange glow fades out of reach
Thoughts gone asunder

A crane flew to the moon one night
A silhouette against the cool light
Icarus flew close to the sun
He burned his wings, fell back to earth
The crane asked the broken man
“Why oh why are you such a fool? Men are not meant to fly!
Why oh why try to fly to the sun when by and by…”
The crane said with a heavy sigh
“…you know that you will surely die!”