Shedding Fetters

I know the way of being free 
Loosed of fetters holding me
To this vast temporal plane 
But for the silver cord 

To fly unhindered in the sky
Perch on windows stories high
And peer o’er land and sea 
Without a shred of fear 

Glorious is that freedom given
Yet here I am still earthly bidden
To walk these dusty trails 
Yearning, longing more for Heaven  

Oh! That I could fly just now 
Leave behind my burdens downed
Guess what? I can! Lord lift me please 
To walk new life while here somehow