This is a poem that was shared at Dougs funeral.

IMPRESSIONS OF A PILOT

Flight is freedom in it's purest form,
To dance with the clouds which follows a storm;

To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,
To feel the joy that swells within;

To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,
And know the warmth of a clear spring sky;

Then back to earth at the end of a day,
Released from the tensions which melted away;

Should my end come while I am in flight,
Whether brightest day or darkest night;

Spare me your pity and shrug off the pain,
Secure in the knowledge that i'd do it again;

For each of us is created to die,
And within me I know,
I was born to fly.

- Gary Claud Stokor