Soar

I hear the eagle’s cry
far overhead.
Its beauty pierces
my heart to its depths--
lifting its wings
soaring the skies
riding the currents
into infinity.
So fierce.
So solitary.

Something within me
stirs to life
as I watch its circling
and listen to its song.
I feel a mix
of kinship and longing.
I feel its strength
and its freedom
and its thrum of life
quicken within.