A moonless night, and in mid-air flight <br />The pilot dimmed plane's internal light <br />To see, unseen cosmic sight. <br />............................. <br />Eighty thousand feet up in the air. <br />Higher than anything flying there, <br />Gave sky-view of a scene so rare. <br />............................ <br />Gleaming expanse of the Milky Way. <br />Brilliant white-striped delight, and swaying <br />With glittering light before his gaze. <br />............................ <br />Canvas was studded with sparkling stars, <br />Clustered most densely, then from afar <br />Space was shot through with golden bars. <br />............................ <br />Like a firework display without sound. <br />Every few seconds stars darted around. <br />With radiance not seen from the ground. <br />............................. <br />An eerie shine, of celestial glow, <br />Lit incandescently heaven's show, <br />Despite speed the plane seemed to slow. <br />............................. <br />To a humbled stillness, and was part <br />Of a much greater power, which startled <br />The pilot's unbelieving heart. <br />............................. <br />Taken aback, he thought then, the plane <br />Compared to this, could not be again <br />The pride of the sky as acclaimed. <br />.............................. <br />He was left wordless with what he'd observed <br />As he noted the glory whilst flying 'Blackbird' <br /> <br /> <br />Taken from written experience of a <br />pilot of SR 17 'Blackbird', in flight..<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/whilst-flying/
