Bald Eagle's Soaring Flight

O’ how sacred the splendor

nature's illuminating halo

upraise a spirit yearning to fly

wetted wild feathers blown dry

                                 ... by a higher circle of light

A Bald Eagle's soaring circles

these revered grounds just above

evergreen tree top apex

                                 …Majestic’s sentinels leaning south, 

 

solacing graceful wings

draft on uplifting currents

a vision of grandeur,

wafting round and round,

searching for something or someone

                                 …a lonely soul left behind on earthen ground

then like the drifting sky

follows a gypsy gust a wind

only upraised soul remnants ascend,

in the wake remains

a hallowed edifying condolence

soothing the womb of a soul

                                 ...in the dearth of all warmth of solace

weep not for the flight

of passing memories;

descending tears of many colors

mercifully bequeathed


                                 ...what's gone is lost forever,

                                    what's found is yours to keep ~


harlon rivers ...January 28th, 2016