Day 21 - 4/21/2023

 Day 21 - 4/21/2023

What does it mean to be an Eagle?

Eagles soar

They shoot skyward 

Swiftly but precisely

Precious seconds saved

For savoring the

Slow...steady...sloping...

Surfing slipstreams

Upward despite gravity

Or TO spite gravity

(Because Eagles have attitude...

Have earned attitude)

Cruising currents carefree

Conversing with clouds

As equals

Equilibrium ever present

Even in eventual descent

Because, you see

Soarin'...ain't easy

It takes effort

To climb cross currents 

That come chaotic

Desperate to drag them

Downward

But Eagles soar

Because they strive

They strain when they must

They muster the will

To do the work

With wings not weighted 

With worrying whether 

Other Eagles see them

They glide

Because they gave

Their all

Their everything 

To reach those heights

And though skies are not

Always crystalline

Crescendos come and go

And crescents can't always 

Be clearly considered

Against the pin pricked pitch

And though chalk-white clouds

Can collide and complicate

Into grim greys

Unleashing lightning

And unrelenting rainstorming

Sending smaller birds

Scattering... scared

Eagles soar

Because they see the signs

They read the risk

Cumulus clues

They comprehend

And counter

They think fast and

Fly faster

They face gale force

Without faltering

Eagles can coast casually

Or Freefall without fear

Or soar

Eagles soar