Kite People
I can’t draw.
Can’t paint my mind’s eye
On paper and make you
See how heavy people
Skim across the land;
Scud along, close to the ground,
Like kites seeking
That uplift.
Can’t share the image of
How people, heads forward,
Arm flaps akimbo,
Scissor legs juddering,
Chase gusts, wanting to hoist
Weighted bodies
Into the sky.