Own The Sky Poem

Own The Sky – I wrote this poem back in 2014! Original post here: https://msmoem.com/2014/poetry-2/spread-your-wings/
I keep seeing it being shared, though it has sadly lost credit along the way. It’s bittersweet. Even so, it’s still pretty special to see people quoting it alongside their instagram pictures.

Incidentally, if you’d like to keep up with my poetry on instagram, come and find me @msmoem.

Here are a few examples of my poem out in the wild. Bonus points go to the few lovely souls who have indeed tagged me in which makes me happy:

Spread your Wings It's time to fly Make the leap Own the sky *Ms Moem WINGS – 5th Annual PoleJam Show https://www.facebook.com/events/729185373917524/ Photo Credits: @mike_tsolis Costume: @el_rocks #wings #polejam #polegirlsjustfly #ownthesky #poleshow #poledance #poledanceshow #poleaddict #poledancersofig #pddragontailbridge #whysoserious #thedarkknight #incharacter #polelove

A post shared by Eleftheria Kentrou (@eleftheriakentrou) on Apr 22, 2017 at 10:54am PDT

Spread your wings, time to fly. Make the leap. Own the sky. #creativepreneur #creative #graphicdesigner #wings #timetofly #spreadyourwings #ownthesky #maktheleap

A post shared by Designbymw.com (@__mwdesign__) on Aug 4, 2017 at 1:54pm PDT

'Spread your wings, it's time to fly. Make the leap, own the sky! #msmoem #dubai #skydive #thepalmdubai #fly #unitedarabemirates #skydiving #photography #photo #photooftheday #sky #sunset #fun #vacation #adventure #adventuretime @wonderful_places @bestplaces_togo @earthpix @awesome.earth @travelawesome

A post shared by SK (@orcus_9) on Feb 10, 2017 at 4:48am PST

Spread your wings it's time to fly, make the leap, & own the sky. ☀️☁️⭐️ #AlanaDaniellePhotography #houstonphotographer #MaddieCakes #creativephotography #OwnTheSky #justgoshoot

A post shared by Alana Danielle Photography (@alanadaniellephotography) on Mar 22, 2017 at 10:01am PDT

#spreadyourwings #itstimetofly #maketheleap #ownthesky #kekoreakeaku #backpackers

A post shared by Ahmad Sobri Ishak (@sobriishak) on Mar 2, 2016 at 1:03am PST

• • Spread your wings, its time to fly. Make the leap. Own the sky. • • • @ethandolan • • #spreadyourwings #maketheleap #ownthesky #dontbeafraid #believe #believeinyourself #havefaith

A post shared by @blurofdolans on Apr 25, 2017 at 8:22pm PDT

Spread your wings It's time to fly. Make the leap Own the sky. #msmoem Lovely, lovely pose by The Raven @black_raven_uncaged #LeagueOfExtraordinaryYogis 3⃣ #sideraven #yoga #fitness #health #yogi #training #exercise #love #workout #fit #yogaeverydamnday #nevergiveup

A post shared by Regi (@zenregi) on Jul 9, 2015 at 9:56pm PDT

Spread your wings – it's time fly. Take the leap and own the sky.✨ Having the ability to help women on their wellness journey's, as well as help entrepreneurs reach for their dreams has truly changed my life!💕Coaching has taught me to be kind and patient yet ambitious, to be resilient and determined yet positive, and to hustle and work hard yet be humble. Coaching has taught me to dream BIG, to believe in something much much bigger than me, and most importantly to believe in MYSELF. It truly is a beautiful thing when you come out of your shell and embrace who you are!❤️ Taking this leap has made all the difference in my life and it lights my soul on fire thinking about all the others who can experience this too!🔥If you feel like the Team LivingOutLoud mission in is line with your values and dreams, we should have a conversation! Let's see if this business can make as big of an impact for YOU as it has for me!✨#TEAMLIVINGOUTLOUD

A post shared by Molly Jones📧👇🏼 (@livingoutloudwellness) on May 16, 2017 at 6:13pm PDT

|| P O E T R Y ~ "Spread your wings, It's time to fly. Make the leap. Own the sky." – Ms Moem #poetry #spreadyourwings #ownit #msmoem #daretodream #yoga #yogalife #yogalove #yogaeverydamnday #wellness #wellbeing #mentalhealth #mentalstrength #fit #fitness #fitchick #fitfam #strength #strong #strongyogi #strongsquad #strongwomen #strongnation #strongnotskinny #lovetobestrong

A post shared by Philippa (@lovetobestrongofficial) on Feb 6, 2017 at 2:44am PST

Spread your wings, it's time to #fly. Make the leap, #ownthesky! #intamood #instamoment #instalife #summertime #sunshine #balcony #balconyview #butterfly #Hamburg #HH

A post shared by Yasaman Tahmasebi (@_elasticreality) on Jun 27, 2017 at 9:03am PDT

Spread your wings. It's time to fly. Make the leap. Own the sky. #spreadyourwings#ownthesky#flyaway#timetofly

A post shared by Daniela santoscoy (@yoga_santos) on Apr 26, 2017 at 10:27am PDT

It is so important if you see some words you like that someone else has taken the time to write, to remember to attribute the work to the author. You wouldn’t take a painting and claim to have created it yourself. Artforms like poetry are in the same category.

Without sounding all woe is me, it can be hard as a poet to find your place in the world to be heard. And that aside, it’s really just manners. I love it when people share my work, I really do. It is an absolute privilege. However when it is left uncredited or worse still, recreated and someone else has stuck their brand on it (yes, this has happened! and polite requests to add credit were ignored 🙁 ) it disconnects me from valuable feedback that I use to help better my craft.

Anyway, it is still extremely flattering to see my words travel so widely. And really, being read is more important than acclaim. Even if just one person appreciates your art, then that’s another strand to your rainbow!

I’m not anti-sharing, I’m really not. In fact I encourage. Just link a girl up, just sayin’! 🙂

Anyway, if you ever do want to share any of my poems, please do #hashtag or @at me @msmoem. You can find me on instagram, youtube, pinterest and facebook.

To sum up, sharing with credit = good, omitting or taking credit = bad.

And to end on a positive note…

Spread your wings and keep flying!

#OwnTheSky

In a funny way, the words themselves have done exactly what I wrote. Out there owning the sky all by themselves. That’s a thought to leave me with a smile.