Like Eagles

The sky in your face
...Horizon at your feet
Hold tight to your courage
...'Lest it try to break
One step only left
...Between the edge and the sky
And yet you will find
...It's a step you must take.

An instant to pause
...A deep breath to take
The catch in your throat
...The rush as you fall
Singing the cold wind
...That pulls at your hair
Your heart in your eyes
...As you give life your all

The hard, jolting pull
...Like the sound of a sail
Feathers unfurling to catch
...The last light of day
And your heart lifts again
...As you rise on the wind
And your wings bear you
...Swiftly away.

Isaiah 40...for they will rise with wings like eagles...they will run, and not be weary...they will walk, and not faint...

Silence

Stripped of daylight's harsh conceit
In a lonely world, as I search for proof
That other tired hearts still beat
The pull of the moonlight is bittersweet
Where it flows in a pool above the roof

No soul disturbs the brooding dark
Except by need, or necessity
Only cat's footsteps to remark
As I search for proof that there's a spark
Of others alive in this midnight sea