Kite

Cherry

By EB

Tue, 07 Jul 2015
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14 comments
 

I watch you scan the world 

beneath your hover - quartering

where death is never far off

from survival -



one's loss - another's gain. 

I slip into your silhouette, and feel 

the updraft push 

beneath our outspread wings,



and in the sharpest focus, spy me 

waiting in their shadow.

Certificate 15
Poem
Nature

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Well put. They are a lovely sight.
Good that it's not you he needs for food! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by EB on

Thanks Rhiannon.

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

A very uplifting poem, how wonderful it would be to glide across the sky like this amazing bird.

Very much enjoyed reading.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by EB on

Thanks Jenny. Yes, would it be wonderful.

Submitted by love_writing on

A beautiful moment caught, in lovely soaring poem. 

love_writing

Submitted by EB on

Thanks love writing.

Submitted by celticman on

death is never far away. Not us we pray. But for a moment we lie and watch the bird of prey fly by. Lovely. 

 

Submitted by EB on

Thanks celtiman, well said!

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Ruthless, red, remarkable, and reborn, almost...dwindling numbers until a few years ago.  Some would argue with its conservation, others would marvel at the sight and sound of this remorseless poacher.

Tina

 

Submitted by EB on

They are wonderful. Thanks Tina.

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

Lovely poem - I saw a huge one fly so close the other day. We see so many of them now don't we.

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Submitted by EB on

We do indeed. Many thanks for reading and commenting Accidentallyexisting.

Submitted by EB on

We do indeed. Many thanks for reading and commenting Accidentallyexisting.

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

'Free as a bird'... if only...

Good poem!