PLUNGING LOVE

SOARING, HIGH ABOVE, LOFTY

HEIGHTS, BALD EAGLES FLYING,

A PAIR, MAJESTIC BIRDS,

PINPOINTS, LOOKING MOTIONLESS.

 

WINGS OUTSPREAD, FLOATING EASILY,

GLIDING, HOVERING, AND, SUDDENLY

TOGETHER, PHYSICALLY ENTWINED,

SPIRALING DOWN, DESCENDING FAST.

 

WINGS BEATING, BEAK TO

BEAK, TALONS GRIPPING FIRMLY,

FIERCE RHYTHYM, PLUMMETING DOWN,

SAVAGE MATING, PLUNGING LOVE.

 

EARTH RISING, SWIFTLY UP,

SHRILL SCREAMING, AIR RUSHING,

POUNDING SOUND, FROM WINGS,

LOOSE FEATHERS, DRIFTING, SAILING.

 

THEN APART, NEAR GROUND,

SUDDENLY, WITHOUT EFFORT,

SWOOPING UP, FLYING GRACEFULLY,

INTO THE BLUE,WITHEASE.

 

1995          BY WAYNE J. WAGAR

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