Well, here we go again- this time I'm trying my hand a poetry. I came up with this during a dull moment in Chemistry.My appologies if you don't care for the lack of rhyme pattern or format. This is slightly AU, but I thing we can all learn to live with that. From the POV of Max, though I guess it could be told from any POV from the flock...but it fits Max more- and no, it's not totally Mang/Fax. It's Max to anyone in the flock; because, in case you really don't get it, this is for the people that matter most.

Welcome home

Spread my wings out wide

Look up at the stars above

Feel a presence at my side

Turn to see a smile

Never leave my side

Please, I need you here

Even if it's only in my mind

I didn't cry when you left.

I think this means we'll meet again

To Hell and back, and to Heaven above

"Of all the many feelings, friendship is the same as love"

The strength of our wings is how far we fly

The strength of our hearts lets us touch the sky

Alone again, I'll never be

No matter the disaster

With my friends I can see

The distance doesn't matter

I think I understand now

The heart and our wings lend us freedom

But who wants to be free, yet alone?

I'll always be with you, wherever you go

For that is the strength of my heart, of my wings

With you, a voice whispers to me

Welcome home.