Small Gifts

An Ode to Starscream

The sky is endless blue
Clouds drift lazily across the sky
All is silence

The curious shape comes roaring into the scene
Thrusters burning,
Smile curling

The most powerful creature in the sky
Leaving all birds behind
Light dances on his robotic frame
Wings glide through air
Leaving any doubt far behind

Reveling in the warmth of Earth's sun
Dancing through rays of light
The speeding F-22 is a beautiful sight

For this single seeker
The sky is the limit
The rush is spectacular
Everything about flying…
Is purely joyful
Almost like a dream

And when he must return to ground
He feels that it is most profound
He feels as if he is trapped
Stuck there on the ground

And when he can transform
And burst through the skies again
He feels as if he is in Heaven

He is the most graceful Decepticon around
The endless sky is his kingdom
Flying through storms is his dance

Oh, how wonderful it must be,
To be the mighty Starscream

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
Fatal attraction is holding me fast,
How can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

The soul intention is learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
God keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Above the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
To dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers or the song Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd

A/N: This fic will just be numerous poems and songs dedicated to different Transformers. I might even make some for my OC's. :) This was my first time for doing poetry for Transformers. I'm a really good poet (at least, everyone says so), but I write darker poems, like ones about darkness, or death, and other stuff in that category. Weird, huh? (P.S. If you want some of that, just ask and I'll send you a sample! XD) Anyways, I thought it was pretty good... I hope you liked it!