Seconds in the Year of a Pilot
31,536,000 seconds in a year
Tick-tick-ticking by
One by one in a perfect line
Never out of place
Ever failing or a being a disgrace
But also never risking
Never trying
Never going
Never winning
Never succeeding
Never never never DOING
The exact opposite of
My year
I've won and
Lost and succeeded
And failed, been a disgrace
But that is okay
In fact it's perfect because
My triumphs and my failures and
My experiences
Show that I've lived my year
I haven't just been a passenger
I was the pilot, in control
I wasn't on the wrong flight
I chose my flight, my destination.
This has been my year
I took flight in so many ways
I took control in big ways or
Little ways
Making my life a Free verse poem
And not a ABCB rhyme
This was my year
This was my poem
So, go now
And create your own
Free verse or a rhyme pattern
It's your choice
It's your life
Because
You
Are
The
Pilot