Vapour Trails - Poetry

by Diane Leopard

VAPOUR TRAILS

Vapour trails in the sky

Floating, drifting way up high

Each plane filled with passengers

All with a different journey ahead

The captain knows just what to do

With a lovely crew caring for you.

We board the plane, Luggage in hand

But this is life’s journey it cannot be planned

Seated together we all hold hands

Strong and supporting when turbulence hits

A difficult flight fills us with fear

Knowing that danger may be near.

Descent begins, destination unknown

As different paths we all must tread

Some long and winding

Some short and straight

But wherever it leads you’ll understand

A trail in the sky shows someone to hold your hand.