Swoop, Loop - Don't Droop! Winner, Cramp

Be above others' judgement FORTY LINES

They tell me I'm an idiot
I'm too sentimental
I don't understand economics
I'm just not practical.

They push their priorities
Down my reluctant throat
They don't realise
We're not in the same boat.

I wish I could leave it behind
Just soar in the sky
Like the birds, upon the wind
No tear in my eye.

Leave the comments, leave the blame
Just float in the breeze
High in the mountains,
Over the tops of pine trees.

Floating, floating
In the air
No expectations
Anywhere!

Floating, floating
Away from prying eyes
No one there
To criticise.

Swoop in the air
Hover for a while
Not a care
Float mile after mile.

Nobody to doubt
Nobody to taunt
I can just do
What I want!

I wish I was
Free
Free
To be me


Oh, to soar, to not hear
those voices
Oh to just make
My own choices!

Prompt ▶︎

Write a story or poem about What would it feel like to float in the air, become tossed by the wind, hover and swoop like a bird?

Include the following words
trees
mountains
wind
birds