{"id":60509,"date":"2025-07-06T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T03:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60509"},"modified":"2025-07-06T13:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T03:54:42","slug":"a-not-so-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60509","title":{"rendered":"A Not So Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-60510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Not_So_Swift.jpg\" alt=\"A Not So Swift\" width=\"947\" height=\"947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Not_So_Swift.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Not_So_Swift-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Not_So_Swift-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Not_So_Swift-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">If you ever see a swift lying on the ground, wings spread as if ready to fly&#8230;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">don\u2019t be afraid.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It doesn\u2019t have to be injured.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It\u2019s not dying.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It\u2019s a creature of the sky that has accidentally found itself in a place where it\u2019s very difficult for it to take off on its own.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The swift is not made to take flight from the ground.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Its short legs and long, slender wings make it extremely hard to lift off from a flat surface.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">All it needs is for you to gently lift it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Just a little, in an open palm&#8230;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And it will fly. On its own.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Just like some people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sometimes, it\u2019s not courage we lack.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sometimes&#8230; we just need someone\u2019s hand.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Someone\u2019s gaze.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A quiet \u201cI\u2019m here\u201d to lift us up for a moment \u2014<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">until we feel the wind beneath our wings again.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever see a swift lying on the ground, wings spread as if ready to fly&#8230; don\u2019t be afraid. It doesn\u2019t have to be injured. It\u2019s not dying. 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