Love Poem: Round Trip
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Written by: Mike Oleary

Round Trip

Stepping away from home base
Specs of me left behind as a trace 
Missing my crew before I even depart 
Hard to not feel a crack in my heart 
 
Wheels up as whisked into the sky
Tears of joy welling up in my eyes 
As I remember the connection isn't lost
Since we are linked together at any cost 
 
Airplane ascends as I slice off slivers of my heart 
Scattering them through the sky to do my part
Their flight path doesn’t need a map 
Calmly cascading before landing in your lap 
 
The next step flips upside down my frown
Love from home is lifted up from the ground
Careening through the clouds without a sound
Sealing up the shortage from what I sent down