On good downdraft mountain shuttles old wings sail <br />On the smooth take to meet peers to confide in <br />Young dangerous wings take highways of winds <br />That rage ahead from Straight-ways to curves <br />That await fearless neophyte youth <br /> Hell bent on seraphim tunnel routes to ride in <br />Ahead of the Winnebago end of summer and family settlings <br />Choice of gangs brand the minds of youthful allegiances <br />Pledged to the quarantined highs with wings to go <br />Fading ecstasies lingering long enough for fledglings <br /> falling into winds for sailing on laudanum high <br />Trance like winging it into enraptures’ outing swept up <br />With all the repentances of desires left <br />On the way up from way down below <br />Brand the young mind of youthful allegiances. <br />Brand them so we find them whereever they may go <br />that is where they will that we must will to find them.<br /><br />Lee B. Mack<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/brand-the-minds-of-youthful-allegiances-original-11-28-2005/
