Limitations

Unhindered by gravitational thought

limiting possibility, or ability

children defy boundaries and fly.

Until an adult protests, explains

gravity, infinity, and mortality,

bringing physics into play.

Their effort to protect

destroys dreams, soring wings,

and replaces them with reality.

This locks infinite potential into

tiny chambers in the mind

forever after remembered

only as flashes of iridescent thought.

Hindsight is 20/ 20. © 2012 Tamera Dobbins