Atmospheric Warrior

It is a machine capable of flight
Flight within my imagination
A centrepiece of my fighter aircraft imagination
It compelled my excitement and curiosity
A curiosity of modern fighter jets
Given to me at my age of six
Now standing at its age of nine
A veteran Atmospheric Warrior
A gift from my Grandfather
A special reminder of my childhood
A reminder here to this day
Coloured the deep blue of the ocean
With stripes emblazoned in yellow
It had its time and place with me in battle
I will always remember flying it
Though the battles have left scars on it
Scars of grey paint-scraped metal
It is always ready to dance in the sky
Like a flying warrior
A warrior of the skies