2. Glorious Wings on Dancing
Wind
The Beat of Feathers
Strong
To Her Will the Call Shall
Bend
For Her to Never do Wrong
Memories Each a Guiding
Hand
3. And Mother Earth, she sighs and
moans
A Plead with The Young Born
Glider
“Return to Me, Proud Bearer of
Life
So We May Grow and Be All The
Wiser.”
“Nay I Fly,” The Eagle Cries
“With Wings So True and Strong!
4. “You May Fly Now, So Strong
and True
But Heed My Words of Wisdom!
For Now You May Touch the
Sky
But Death Shall Take Your
Freedom!”
“So Return to Me,” She Cried
and Plead
“So That You May Bare and
5. The Eagle Thought and
Pondered
Upon These New Found
Doubts
“If I Return and Bare and
Grow
Will I Be Able to Fly About?”
“Of Course You Will!” Earth
Exclaimed
“With Freedom Just as Much,
6. And so the Eagle Landed
Upon the Branch So Strong
And the Flowers Bloomed
and Flared
And Earth Began her Song
Once More the Eagle
Returned
To the Sky So Gentle and
Free
And She Guided and She
7. Why did you choose this poem?
This poem was written when I felt
cooped up. I needed freedom and
then suddenly, somewhere in the
midst of the end of the poem, I
remembered that the real world
existed and we all had to face our
own responsibilities.
8. Freedom. Whenever I think of
freedom I can't help but think of
birds and how they're not limited by
stop signs or cross walks. They
don't have to worry about stop
lights or other cars. They can go
wherever and whenever they like.
They really are the masters of
