Kite Flying Contest

Kite Flying Contest

Our kite flew very high

And we knew we would win

But others in the sky

Flew higher than us back then

We tried to be good sports

And congratulate the winners

But 3^rd place was a failure of sorts

And we felt as if beginners

Third place should have been enough

But our pride made us want more

And to our ego’s it was rough

That others had out performed

Maybe it was the wind

That flew their kites higher

So that gusts had been

The reason they were better flyers

We concluded back then

It was the fishing line we used

And if we had used nylon string

We would have flown clear to the moon