the paper airplane

flies through the wind

and the adults

see it as just that—

a folder piece of paper—

but not this kid.

he sees something bigger.

something magnificent in his eyes.

he sees that paper

as the airplane

he dreams of creating.

his parents

call him a dreamer.

"put your energy

into something useful,"

they say.

"focus on your studies,

they'll actually take you somewhere,"

they say.

but his sister—

oh, his darling sister,

tells him stories

of the wright brothers

and caproni.

"don't listen to those

fearful adults,"

she says.

"they'll tell you

to focus on better things,

more productive things,

but never, ever, let them

tell you to give up,"

she says.

"one day,

you'll be come the greatest

airplane designer

in the world,

and they'll be

eating their words

from that day on."

-inspired by The Wind Rises by Studio Ghibli