Kate Campbell

Wheels Within Wheels

Kate Campbell


East Texas town 
1902
That's when the witnesses 
Said that it flew
Up to the sky 
Like a chariot 
Headed for home
It all started back 
A few years before
A vision came knocking 
At burrell cannon's door
Writing his sermon down 
Reading the word 
All alone

Suddenly 
All of the mysteries 
Made sense
God let him in 
On his master blueprints 
There was no doubt 
In his mind 
What he had to do
Ezekiel saw wheels 
Within wheels 
And burrell 
Seen them too

He went to work 
Building his dream
Raising the cash 
And giving it wings 
Loaded it up 
On a train 
For the St. Louis fair 
Just out of Texas 
The wind and the rain 
Blew burrell's airship 
Right off that train 
He turned his back 
Walked away 
Left it all 
Laying there

Everyone asked him 
How could you quit
Burrell told them 
God had a hand 
In all this
He never 
Meant man to fly
We read him 
All wrong