HIGH ABOVE THE WORLD,
SOARING THE LOFTY HEIGHTS;
A PAIR OF BALD EAGLES MOVING,
MAJESTIC BIRDS, IN FLIGHT.
LOOKING MOTIONLESS, WINGS OUTSPREAD;
FLOATING, GLIDING AND HOVERING.
SUDDENLY TOGETHER, PHYSICALLY ENTWINED,
BEGINNING TO SPIRAL, DESCENDING FAST.
WINGS BEATING, BEAK TO BEAK;
THEIR TALONS GRIPPING SOUND.
PLUMMETING LOVE IN FIERCE RHYTHM,
SAVAGELY MATING, PLUNGING DOWN.
THE EARTH SWIFTLY RISING;
SHRILL SCREAMS PIERCE THE AIR.
WINGS FLAPPING WITH AIR RUSHING,
FEATHERS DRIFTING, HERE AND THERE.
THEN SUDDENLY COMING APART,
JUST OVER THE GROUND, THE TWO;
SWOOPING UP, WITHOUT EFFORT,
FLYING GRACEFULLY, INTO THE BLUE.
1995 BY WAYNE J. WAGAR
