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Narcissistic eagle

from Nobody's fault but mine by Tom Arrow

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Too old for this kind of satisfaction.

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I rose without parents,
I rose without praise,
I rose into sky
with prodigious pace
just to fall down in the wind,
and feel it fleeting on my wings,
wondering what is left to win,
as the sky's turning black and grim.

I hunt with the storm,
I am one with the thunder,
I see ev'ry worm
gaze at me from below
and I'm filling the eyes of the beasts with tears
and I'm cold like the ice and their vice and fears
and I'm making the earthbound stop awestruck in wonder
and this land is my place, but I strive over yonder.

I sway in the wind and I hunt my prey
and majestically I draw attention away from others;
I feel good when I'm admired
but all I see in their faces is bland and dire.
There's no one in this place like me.
I'm an eagle with it's wings on fire
and I'm fierce and I burn with a tense desire
to see my home and know some kind of family.

I see a couple of wild mice crossing
the field to escape their groups, get lost
and enjoy some time of privacy.
Now they are my prey and I make my way
to their place and their gazes freeze in panic.
And the male runs away and the lost mouse stays
I come down in front and it dares to stare in my face.
I'm confused and afraid of this trust of my bait.
And I feel betrayed about a love never made
for me, the king of the air.

And it turns around and I tear it down
and I pick dead meat from its bloody bones to live.
And the wonder in its eyes so bleak
with its wish to thrive and to feel and to flee
connects me with each enemy of mine.
I'm an eagle with its wings on fire
and I'm fierce and I burn with a tense desire
to see my home and know some kind of family.

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from Nobody's fault but mine, released August 8, 2014

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