Duncan's Falcon In Flight

Duncan's Falcon In Flight

a shrouded falcon waits to fly with a disciplined anticipation

every muscle and tendon taught as suspension wires

that hold the golden gate aloft above the entrance to the bay

the falcon sees no perspective from its cloaked darkness

it plays out turns in the sky as it closes on the prey

to seek the acceptance of its master

trained for this in daily regimen

given praising rewards for its prowess

it gathers strength from each motion

it holds its head up, alert and waiting

for ultimate perspective to be revealed

birds of the sky flee in fear of its talons

sharpened black pointed differences

admonished for overzealous maneuvers

against the master's arm that holds it high

tethered to a master's hold on the falconer's rest

a beautiful bird of prey waiting to behold its own magnificence

turning circles and dives and aerial twists in its minds keen eye

free falling in dives as it moves and glides and soars after its mark

the sparrow the lark the pigeon the canary the crow the starling

all know that the falcon's shadow is a fearful sight on any day of flight

they may even have unsettled dreams of its menace as shivering chicks

set upon by the fatal talons in its last moment before jarring awake

stirring into the reality that the falcon that is trained to satiate

for the reward of pride and nourishment is the most deadly ending

to the simple traces of a birds life of worm and seed fed neutrality

the falcon soars above the admonishments of birds against it

the falcon relishes opportunity to prove itself in any manner

dressed in hood and tether it stretches its gilded shiny wings

as the hood is removed it preens in a new love before it sets

for a new attack with the heart beating in the chest so fast so heavy

this is the chance that it has been hatched from desire for so long ago

this eternal falcon that has always wanted to please its mother

that has always wanted to protect its lands from skies to low valleys

that has always sought to end the admonishment of father and siblings

wanting to rightfully fly its mission on sharpened turns of valiant wings

it flies forth out of darkness into light that it has never known until now

a light it has only seen in dreams of days it hoped for above green fields

spiraling through the skies for freedom to serve its holy master, love