The day is breaking…

The day is breaking—

Suffused by pinkish light, 

An ascent into a soft sunlit sky!

Strength of nature provides

The wonder of a solitary flight—

On every side the breeze wafts it

Through the air—
As a bird of prey awesome

Swiftly it soars higher

Leaving behind 

The curse of common birds, and their

Harsh chattering cries—

Of clannish dependencies, 

And dubious delights.

Flight up-wards,

With sweeping movements—
Suddenly 
Flutter of feather and wing,
Terror in the sound—

Woe, it suddenly plunges down!

Is erratic, bloody, beset by fear, 
Weakened—

It is sick at heart, mindlessly
Flapping wings in the fall...

Beneath gloomy shades

Brooding dark against the sky,

A river sluggish slowly ripples by.

With cold demeanor
They stare—
Eyelids and beaks

Chill,
The chatter stops.

--eva-maria hogrefe--

(January 27, 2010)