Castle In The Air

By

Glenn Allen Nolen

COPYRIGHT © 2000 BY GLENN ALLEN NOLEN
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Castle In the Air

Somewhere, sometime ago,
There lived a magician.
He gave a prediction
That you should know.

He carved out a name
Saying: "She would have fame.
It was beyond the realm where anyone else could go."

He made his belief 
Known in the streets.
Then he started a campaign
To build her a castle,
But the masses thought it was to 
Much of a hassle
And called the man insane.

He scrapped his idea
Of building a dwelling
Out of fortified concrete,
And he started to think
Of a way to link
A boat
That would float
And travel in the ocean
Via
A notion 
That dared
Comparing the air with its motion.

One day 
After years of not telling, 
He began yelling
One simple phrase:
"Why not stop felling
Trees
For sailing
And begin a craze			  				
To stop all that nailing
Using hay from bailing,
Then we act like bees
And meet where the air and stars greet."

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Everyone in town
Was amazed.
The man could still speak.
They all gathered round
And sat down at his feet.

He was filled with elation.
The people were anxiously waitin'
For the magician to describe his creation,
He talked about a vision of structures that seemed alive,
And he implied
That it would be a living shrine
That flies. 
A long way beyond what we know as time.

In which, he would inscribe her name.
She was truly a beautiful dame.
He proudly proclaimed:
"She would live out her reign in a Castle in the Air."
No one thought he was dating.
Could this be a new ritual for mating?

He lived out his life
And buys all kinds of supplies.
For what people called a kite,
But no one really knew
If the wind even blew at that height,

He kept a fast pace,
But apparently lost the race
And died.
Before, some people said, his fanciful dream flied.

He left the legend behind.
Believing it an impractical scheme
Is something we all have to decide. But for me,
I tend to believe in the mind.

When the weather is fair.
I can see
An expert magician team
Completing his dream of her Castle in the Air.
	
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