ON EAGLE'S WINGS
An eagle effortlessly,
Stately and proud,
Bearing nobility in dignity
Screeching pure and loud
'Tis ruler of all he does see
Mid his lofty kingdom high
His crest crowned by imperial majesty
His blessings sung against an azure sky
Bearing dignity symbolic of a sovereign nation
Simply being what he most wants to be
His royalty inspiring elation
Awesome nobility, defying gravity
Rousing quivering thrills over all mortal creation
Regal in feathered beauty.
An eagle, without seemingly trying
Venerable toughness maintains
His awe-filling cries falling
Enshrouding God's purple mountains
Majesty in his sterling stature
To His fruited plains...
With imperial kingship grandly brave
This vestige of the eternal spirit of allure
Floating free to the ethereal on nebulous airwave
'Tis America's tranquil grandeur pure.
The eagle rules over canyon byways
Bobbing buoyantly on earth's balmy breeze
Breathtaking scenes but an eagle's highways
This resilient Lord of all he oversees
Lacking all earthly care on flowing air
Sailing on zephyr-ed winds as he may please
Skimming unchained, gliding on air so rare
Meandering un-caged on gauzy currents
Snaking disdainfully over worldly presentments
Contemptuous to war's bellicose belligerents.
Watching eagle's fly far and away
Gives mortal man but pause...
Watch when the eagle sees his prey
plummeting straight to earth, bracing beak-like jaws
Ready to crush in steel talons an errant castaway
Sheer terror grasped in his bestial claws
Poised in deadly aerobatic display
Answering to none but nature's laws
Steeply swift death to earth imparting
Suddenly darting on mighty wings to the heavens lifting.