Chapter 1 - Golden Eagle

I am flying around

looking for something to eat

I feel a pain

I look to my right

Where is my wing?

I feel confused

My head is starting to spin

My energy is fading fast

I am falling to the ground

A warmness is flowing over me.

Strange - the rain should be cold…

I am getting specks on my eyes

of amber and dark blue

I look for my wing again

All I see is blood dripping down

What the hell is happening to me?

I hear my bones crack as I hit the ground

Blood seeps out of my veins

My life is fading fast

How did I come to this?

I had a full life ahead of me

Silence is all I hear…

My body moulds to the ground

My lungs are no longer full

 is this the end?

Is this all there is to death?

Just a last breath of air

The last spark of energy is gone

The silence is now complete…

The bird is lying there dead

Feathers soaked in the rain

Blood seeping every where

Mud turning red

Sky turning dark grey

 

BUT WAIT

The sun is starting to peep through clouds

There is an energy in the air

The dead bird’s body is starting to stir …

 

My lungs are starting to heave

My claws are starting to move

My wings are starting to flap

 

There’s a tingle in my veins

There’s a prickle in my claws

There’s air in my lungs

The wind is gathering me up

 

The dead bird is once again in the sky

Like a ball of energy from the sun

Soaring over mountains and valleys

He needs no food this time

He survives on gold from the sun

Golden Eagle is his name

He soars through the skies
Looking for sadness -
Looking for death to turn in to life again
As he was once DEAD!

 

Cynthia Soal and Golden Eagle

Monday, 17 July 2006