FLY AGAIN*

When you crash-land in a wilderness

and are lost and all alone

When your engine is

in desperate need of repair

When there is sand for miles

in every direction

When hope and trust are as arid

as the dessert wind

When you are roused at sunrise 

by a small odd voice

asking you to do something 

that makes no sense at all

Do what it says

Draw a sheep!

Performing this simple task 

will awaken a sleeping beauty 

Connect you to a sensitivity 

and an intuition

you knew when you were young

When you were pure at heart

When everything mattered

and was of great consequence

Remember this knee-high nobility 

It still lives within you

Let it tame you now

And you will fly again

*Inspired by re-reading The Little Prince