I am the Kite

Anna- this is a poem written by a member of UPC a while back. May this give you encouragement through the years in your relationships with others and with God. 

I Am the Kite

I am the kite:

Red and orange,

Fire in the sky,

Stunt Kite,

Cutting loops

And gashes in the blue,

My skin vibrates

On my frame with power.

I cut the cord

To fly yet higher still,

To show the rest

What freedom's all about.

I turn and twist

My fanciest curl

And set my course

For distance.

But, my mistake

Was not

To take the wind for granted,

But the cord

That tensioned me

To one I did not see

So far below.

The flyer is not me.

Lord, give me the anchor. Give me pause.

Let me know in freedom's limited flight,  

The kite's first cause.

Bruce Barton Bailey

Sunday, May 29, 1994