{"id":2302,"date":"2026-06-15T23:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:35:36","slug":"i-too-can-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/i-too-can-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"I, Too, Can Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-2\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"2302\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-heart\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Anonymous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A Tribute to Langston Hughes and Jason Reynolds.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I, too,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And foolish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And ignorant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I still have<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That urge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That spark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have that whisper inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That encourages me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advises me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insists that&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I take the leap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the nest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Into the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say I don\u2019t have wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say I don\u2019t deserve wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say I shouldn\u2019t have or deserve wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I can\u2019t fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t believe them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say I\u2019m too young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too weak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too foolish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too headstrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too ignorant and innocent,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too oblivious to the ways of the world,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I still don\u2019t believe them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t know what\u2019s out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t know if I even have wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I\u2019ll still take that leap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because that urge is inside me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That spark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That voice called courage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The road is dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The road is hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I will spread my wings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And continue,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because I believe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That I have wings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That I can be more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That I can take that leap into the unknown,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing that I can make it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I listen to this voice called courage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That I, too,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can Fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anonymous A Tribute to Langston Hughes and Jason Reynolds.&nbsp; I, too, Have wings. I am young. And foolish. And ignorant. But I still have That urge That spark That fire To fly. I have that whisper inside That encourages me Advises me Insists that&nbsp; I take the leap Out of the nest Into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2305,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions\/2305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}