Oh what joy, to be un-tethered, no longer earthbound, taking flight and soaring skyward! The freedom of feathered wing over hollow bone, riding the thermals, climbing ever upward, gliding and circling effortlessly. I feel the warmth of the sun, as I drift through the heavens, free as the enveloping breeze — such bliss!
Suddenly I dive earthward, wings tucked, rocketing down toward the crystal blue of a crisp mountain lake. My enhanced vision pierces the clear surface of the water, penetrating all the way to the bottom. Spotting my target, I sail out over the lake, racing purposefully, a talon’s reach above the wind-blown chopwater.
In the next moment, I connect. With a slight tilt in my wings, I soar skyward once more, my prize secure in my powerful grasp. I lift toward the top of a massive conifer, towering at water’s edge. Reaching the peak, my wings at full extension, I flap them gracefully backward, pulling against momentum, and softly land. Home — the victorious hunter!
lifting me gently skyward
at peace in the clouds
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I love this and the perspective you used in your haibun. I could vividly visualize the whole journey.
Glad this resonated for you True… 🙂
Warmth of the sun, enveloping breeze.. these wonderful details and how you’ve written from the Eagle’s perspective makes this haibun unique and beautiful!
Thank you M Jay! I fely being was more powerful than just telling.
Yes, sir. I have followed in your footsteps while writing my haibun (^_^)
You did a wonderful job M Jay! 🙂
I felt as if I was being carried on this wings Rob. Beautifully written and I loved your Haiku.
Thank you Christine, I am pleased this moved you!
Rapterlicious, dude. You captured a lot of an eagle adventure. Your prose soars and and flaps its syllables. Glad I surprised some with my Eagle tangent. My last gun was 20 years ago. My wife hates guns, so I sold mine.
Thank you brother. I believe taking a life of any kind, should be something done face to face, hand to hand — or not at all. Of course, of loved ones are being threatened, then a goddamned baseball bat works, aluminum is the easiest to establish significant bat speed!
I love the beauty of the reality of this Haibun, and then with the Haiku comes the great closing metaphor! Well done Rob!
Thank you Dwight, appreciate your kind words!
A wonderful imagining of the freedom to live within an eagle’s skin. I think many people long for that kind of freedom!
Thank you Ingrid. I have always always wanted to possess the amazing ability yo fly. I had many many dreams about glying when I was young. K had a way to sort of self-hypnotize in my bed at night — and when I was really in the groove, i would lift from my bed, to over my house looking down, until I was eventually in the clouds and beyond, looking down on the entire world as a globe. Wonderful experience!
Fantastic use of perspective, Rob, and I felt like I was flying like an eagle! I love the phrase ‘freedom of feathered wing over hollow bone’ and the thought of an ‘enveloping breeze’ – such bliss – felt the sudden dive and pull against momentum. Hat’s my excitement for this Tuesday morning. ????
Well thank you Kim, I am truly pleased you found your joy this morning! 🙂
Rob, your words were utterly convincing for me – you must have tremendous empathy to be able to pull something like this off.
-David
Thank you David. I have always lived through the senses of other living things, and not just human beings. Perhaps one might see it as empathy, and it is — but I have always lived in a world of wonder, astonished by the natural world, by brilliantly talented people, by art and music. And I mean truly “talented”, regardless of fame. I have always been able to recognize beauty, talent, skill — to see and feel the wonder! I was never really very good with the hard edges of reality, of the world — but mystery, wonder, and the experiencing of these. It is my bliss.
you soared particularly high with this one Rob! You had us on the wing and hunting with you. Your haiku the icing on the cake, and a fascinating collection of vintage songs 🙂
Glad this post brought you some joy Kate… 🙂 …never enough joy!
Love your write. Beautiful haiku. When it’s my time to go, that’s how I want to go!
Thank you Bev… 🙂 …may you have your wish when time is appropriate! I wanna be able to fly now, soar, glide, dive, bank, rocket bzck skyward.
I love how you took the perspective of the eagle… there is always a part of me who wishes I could be a hunter like that.
Thank you Bjorn!
It’s obvious you put your heart and soul into this piece, Rob! Brilliant writing, my friend!
Thank you Eugenia, I appreciate your gracious words.
The first-person perspective makes this feel like a dream.
Ken, for me, being able to fly would be a dream. 🙂