“So long his name and face are lost in memory-s afterglow; Nor do I recollect of pride or joy or doubt or fright Or other circumstance which marked that time for solo flight The cryptic words alone endure : he said -you're on your own- And down through time I've found it so - the test-s to walk alone” LongSaidFacesJoyFoundNamesLostMemoriesWalksDoubtPrideCircumstancesTestsEndureFlightAviationSoloFrightRough TimesCrypticAfterglow Author:Gill Robb Wilson
“I owe a quenchless debt to him who bade me seize my fate And hang it on the faith that I to it was adequate For when he said -you're on your own- and sauntered on away I knew that here, in four short words, was youth-s first judgment day Not wit to learn, not test of skill, not pride to satisfy, But will to walk down life in faith that life is theirs who try.” TryingFirstsSaidLife IsWalksFourFateYouthPrideSkillsJudgmentTestsDebtWitAviationAdequateJudgment DayShort Words Author:Gill Robb Wilson