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Invisible Miles
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They say it's glamorous up in the sky
Blue uniforms city lights passing by
In the interview we smiled said we love to roam
Cut our hair packed our lives said send us anywhere we're good to go
Two months of training unpaid by design
Ten to twelve hours daily crossing every line
Learning how to save lives day after day
No paycheck coming 'til long after we're cleared to fly
Sitting at the gate for hours time frozen still
Clock don't start 'til the door's sealed
They don't see the cost behind the smile
They just see the wings not the invisible miles
When the door closes that's when I'm paid
But I've been here long before the delay
Pilots mad passengers loud
Phones out hoping for a scene right now
Screaming babies sick in the aisle
Holding it together still forced to smile
It may look easy from seat twenty three
But this job is taking pieces of me
Working holidays while the world's at home
Christmas in terminals eating alone
Reserve life always on call
Can't plan tomorrow can't plan at all
Twelve hour days or longer than that
Ten hour layover eat sleep unpack
Sometimes no food when you finally land
Airport prices draining what little you have
Different beds different time zones
Surrounded by people still feeling alone
Dry eyes fumes in the air
Cancer risks nobody wants to declare
When the door closes that's when I'm paid
But I've been standing all night in the shade
Gate change walking invisible miles again
Body's here but my mind's near the end
Choking baby fire on board
Medical calls you can't ignore
It may not break bones but it breaks sleep
This job gets heavy it gets deep
They think we're just serving drinks
They don't see the clock that doesn't start
Until the door closes
They don't see two months of unpaid training
Ten to twelve hour days
Learning how to save lives
Before we ever touched the sky
They don't see us sitting at gates for hours
Walking invisible miles when they change them
Sleeping in beds that don't feel like ours
In cities we don't have time to know
They don't see the babies choking
The fires that almost happen
The medical calls at thirty thousand feet
Where there is no backup
Just us
They don't see the grief we carry
Parents flying with empty arms
Faces numb from war from loss
From saying goodbye for the last time
They don't see us eating between bathrooms
Cleaning vomit cleaning fear
Holding calm together with shaking hands
While someone records instead of helps
We're around people every second
Yet somehow always alone
Different beds different time zones
Not enough sleep to feel human
This job doesn't break your body
It breaks your silence
Your schedule
Your nervous system
But still
We show up
Because when it goes wrong
We are the ones who know what to do
When the door closes yeah that's the rule
But the work starts way before pushback crew
Delayed for hours not a dime
Still responsible for every life
Physically fine but mentally drained
Sleeping broken immune system strained
They don't see the cost behind the wings
They don't see the invisible miles
I miss my friends I miss my home
Different schedule always gone
It's lonely up here but I stay
For the flexibility the benefits the chance to fly away
Yeah it hurts yeah it's rough yeah it takes its toll
But there's still pride stitched in my soul
So when you see us walking down that aisle
Know there's a story behind the smile
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