Eaglet Elegy

 

Small eaglet,

when you fell from the nest,

kind people came

and loved you as you grew.

You were happy in the summer sun

till, unexpectedly,

(and oh, we could never, ever
 be ready for this),

you spread your wings

and flew

into the Otherworld,

where loving spirits sing.

We hope you knew

how much we loved you

and how the memory of you

is now one more of the many
golden gifts

you bring.

I wrote this for my prompt at What's  Going On : Elegy. But posted another choice as my link.

Strangely, as happens in life, I had this prompt ready two weeks ago when, just last week, a young boy I looked after for years when he was small died suddenly in a boating accident. He was the sweetest boy, now in his early teens, and everyone who loved him is just devastated.