VISIT THIS VINE
Steed Of The Skies
or
Cowboy Of The Winds
Dedicated to Professional Pilot and Brother, Steve Lee
Dedicated to Certified Flight Instructor and Son, Jeremy Binkley
Dedicated to Student Pilot and Son, Graham Binkley
Upward I gaze as a jet splits the skies--
--A Steed made of rivets and steel--,
And that cowboy -- that Cowboy Of The Winds--
--Is the Pilot with his Grand Steed at heel.
His Steed he has tamed and shod well the beast
Keeping ‘ore powerful Steed a tight reign;
Of one accord the twain conquering ride
That Cowboy Pilot and His Plane.
The cowboy of ‘ore sang “Don’t fence me in…
Just give me open range and a steed
Out under the sun and under the stars
With saddle and trail beneath me.”
Gone is the cowboy of the Wild Wild West
Yet still there is one in his stead
Who tames his Steed and conquers his ride
And charters the heavens instead.
Upward I gaze as a jet splits the skies--
--A Steed made of rivets and steel,
And that cowboy -- that Cowboy Of The Winds--
--Is the Pilot with his Grand Steed at heel.
--Sandra Joan Binkley (1/14/07)
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