Some things that fly there be —

Some things that fly there be —
Birds — Hours — the Bumblebee —
Of these no Elegy.

Some things that stay there be —
Grief — Hills — Eternity —
Nor this behooveth me.

There are that resting, rise.
Can I expound the skies?
How still the Riddle lies!

Emily Dickinson

Balloons

There be some things that fly —
Birds or Hours or the Bumblebee —
These are not elegiac.

There be some things that stay —
Grief or Hills or Eternity —
Nor this behooves me.

There are that rise, resting
Can I expound the skies?
How still the Riddle lies!