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Remarking on A Flight of Fancy

From Looking Back on Burned Bridges .. Now available via Amazon almost anywhere in the world & costing less than 4 pints of...

This is so much more
than just fun,
or a flight of fancy, she said ..

Can you not
feel it in those
pretty wings of yours ..

Although I learnt
a long time ago,
it’s okay to look back ..

I dare not go
anywhere
near them, these days ..

It’s all in the way
we plummet and fall
from the sky, you see ..

Much like Icarus burned,
so maybe we all
should have just listened more ..

 

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Marion

You encompass wise words in an eloquent style. Always enjoyable. PS...your new book is not currently coming up on the amazon app, but I shall keep an eye out x

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Neville

Bless you our Marion .. I so very much appreciate you .. May I respectfully ask you to Google Neville Pettitt .. then maybe Amazon.com if you can't find it .. Please let me know how you get on xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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Bernadete van d...

Getting burned, learning, listening. Great metaphor, Neville.
Stay well,  B 

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Neville

I'm trying B .. just be sure of that my friend and thanks a million .. N :) 

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