UP, UP AND AWAY

Up, up and away!

I let my balloon go;

In order to have its way

On reaching up to stars.

Up, up and away!

My balloon went straight up;

No mucking about

In touching moonlight beams.

Up, up and away

But now!

On a downward spiral bent,

Then realization came

With an almighty THUD!

Back to Mother Earth;

Deflated,

Flattened kaput

All my puffing ability,

Now gone in tatters.

As up. up and away!

I let another balloon go;

In order to have its way

On reaching up to stars.