She is not dead, but only flying higher.
Higher than she's flown before,
and earthly limitations will hinder her no more.
There is neither service ceiling or any fuel range.
There is no anoxia, or any need for engine change.
Thank God that now her flights
can lead to heights
Her eyes have scanned.
Where she can race with comets
and buzz the rainbows span.
But she is universal,
like Courage, Love, and Hope
and all three sweet emotions
the best in Godly state.
And understand the pilot's fate
are not the things we feel,
but rather sadness left behind,
Your heartache and your tears.
So all you loved ones, dry your eyes.
Yes, it is wrong that you should grieve.
But she would love you more
and she would want you to believe
she is not dead.
You should have known
that she is flying higher
higher than she has flown
Written by Elizabeth MacKethan Magid
In memory of her fellow WASP
Marie Michele Robertson
Created: Sept 3, 2000.
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