Freestyle Writing: Birds, Flying, and Inspiration. Oh, and Freedom.

     Eagles soar majestically, harsh gold eyes sharply scanning the distant ground below. Sparrows chirp and hop on twiggy legs pompous and arrogant in their stance. These two birds, so different in every way, from size, to diet, to ferocity share one thing in common.
They have wings. They can fly far away.
      I wonder, when they're coasting through the bright blue sky on their way to distant lands with untold treasures...what are they thinking? Do they like flying? Are they ever afraid of heights? Is it work to them like "Oh, I have to fly another 12 miles? Drat!"
      I know that if I could fly I'd love it. But that's human nature I guess. We want the impossible; we actually crave it. It's what inspires the great among us to go out and make something that we'll use forever, or build something that will stand to the ends of time. Inspiration, flying and basically, birds. These are the three things that make us wish, make us want and make us create.
      Back to birds again. Have you ever trailed a group of geese longingly with your eyes as they fly, honking, away? It's the basic idea of freedom that makes us do that. Freedom, the ultimate achievement. Tell me, why is it that when you hit the 20's you're happier than ever. But slowly, as you age, grow, mature you become less happy, more beat down? It's because your losing the freedom you owned in collage. Work, spouses, kids, everything that people naturally accumulate over the years is a strike to your freedom. Of course, it'd be a bit odd to see a 70 year old woman at a dance club downing vodka like it was water, but that's society telling us that! The books we read, the movies we watched, the people we observed, underneath the stories are very faint, very strict guidelines, unspoken rules. Respect your age. Marry. Have a job. Don't be a burden on society. When you're 20, you aren't that good at reading between the lines and most young people don't notice these rules but as you age you do. Some people are happy following the Unspoken Rules; they need them to feel secure. Others aren't. So next time you see a gang of motorcycle biker dudes burning up the road, don't move to the other side of the road. Wave! Be friendly! They're just like you, just not that into the Unspoken Rules.