Fearful Flight

it's here – prepared or not, the time has come. 
we are scared, frightened beyond belief 

here is the day when we must go, 
must take our undergrown wings and fly. 

in time, we will learn the ways of the air, 
but now, fear falters our flight. 

we have never taken to the sky before – 
always stayed in the comfort of our nests. 

but the world is pushing us forth, and so, prepared or not, at last we fly.