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Blue Angels
Shore stilled by anticipation
Crowd crammed together, collective breath held
All of us waiting for the offering to be placed on the altar between earth and sky
Then sound bursts into being
An angel of metal spreads its wings
Their sharp blue cutting through the sky’s flesh
And I watch this angel, see it conquer the heavens
My gaze drifts away
To the mirroring blue of the lake below
I see swallows glide through the air
Wings slipping through the fabric of the sky
As I watch them dive in tandem with the angels —
Both diving, flying, reaching
Both trying to conquer the sky —
I realize maybe
We are not so different after all
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This was inspired by a Blue Angels show I saw. We were on the shore of a lake, and the sky was this very bright, very deep blue. The show was amazing to watch, but what really made a lasting impression on me was seeing blue swallows flying in what looked like tandem with the planes — humanity and nature mirroring each other. It struck me that maybe we aren’t so different after all.