Classic Poem

If I had wings just like a bird
I would not say a single word;
I'd spread my wings, and fly away
Beyond the reach of yesterday!

If I could swim just like a fish
I'd give my little tail a swish;
I'd swim ten days and nights, and then
I never would be found again!

Or, if I were a comet bright,
I'd drop in secret every night
Ten million miles! And no one would
Know where I kept my solitude!

But I am not a bird, or fish,
Or comet; so I need not wish:
And need not try to get away
Beyond the reach of yesterday.

Damn yesterday! And this and that,
And these and those! And all the flat,
Dull catalogue of weighty things
That somehow fasten to my wings!

Over the pine trees, and the mountain top!
Never to stop lifting wide wings!
To fly, and fly, and fly