Saturday, July 16, 2005

Aquila

On the highest tower
of the Abbey -
along the curved stone edge,
an eagle has made
her nest.

Sharp-eyed,
legendary,
proud and magnificent -
she waits.

Aquila can almost see
the blue sea,
and feels the
wild beauty of the wind
at play on her
beautiful
tawny
feathers.

copyright Monika Roleff 2005

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