Song of the Eagle

Day 26 of the Soul Card Journey
with Elizabeth Crawford of Soul's Music
Soul Cards by Deborah Koff-Chapin
at http://www.touchdrawing.com/

Song of the western sea,

sursurration of the waves

breaking, breaking,

smell of salt,

seaspray in her face,

Traveler

follows

the pierced cry

of the eagle,

its shadow

falling across

the long empty

beach

which stretches

before her

to Forever.

He rides

the air currents,

wind-surfing the skies,

eyes alert

and penetrating,

seeing vastness

as wide

as the ocean,

and minutiae

small as

the smallest mouse,

skittering

across the sand

and under a log.

Betimes,

he swoops down

to the water,

rising

with a salmon

in his talons.

He is a symbol

of freedom,

of flight,

of Rising Above,

transcending,

reaching for

heights.

He is lord

of all he

surveys,

intimidated

by nothing.

Where he lands,

broad-chested

and fierce of eye,

smaller birds

and creatures

back away.

He appears

where  there

is pain,

to remind

us that

suffering

is finite.

He appears

where there

is Death,

to remind us

the soul

travels on,

when it slips free

of its body.

He appears

to give the

Traveler

hope,

and inspiration

for the journey.

To rest,

he alights

on a scrag's

topmost branch,

and surveys

the morning.

His eyes meet

Traveler's,

below.

Slowly,

he raises

a wing,

and drops

one lone

feather

down

to her,

a gift

to let her know

that she is

worthy.