THE EAGLE
He sustained me in a desert land in a howling wilderness waste:
He shielded me, cared for me,
Guarded me as the apple of his eye.
As an eagle stirs up its nest
And hovers over its young;
As it spreads its wings, takes them up,
And bears them aloft on its pinions,
The Lord alone guided me.
Deuteronomy 32: 10-12
I
High on a rock I sit.
Childlike.
Dangling my legs over the cliff face.
Innocent. Fearless.
Trusting. Secure.
Danger? I might fall?
Insecure?
Impossible.
Behind, around and over me
is my Eagle.
II
I walk the highway
in the wilderness.
I cannot see ahead.
the way is carved
through rocky walls –
beyond them barrenness.
I cannot see ahead
but never fear –
not to mind.
Behind, around and over me
Is my Eagle.
III
He is my surety
He is my companion
on The Quest
He alone is my guide:
my eyes, my senses,
my Spirit
He sustained me in a desert land in a howling wilderness waste:
He shielded me, cared for me,
Guarded me as the apple of his eye.
As an eagle stirs up its nest
And hovers over its young;
As it spreads its wings, takes them up,
And bears them aloft on its pinions,
The Lord alone guided me.
Deuteronomy 32: 10-12
I
High on a rock I sit.
Childlike.
Dangling my legs over the cliff face.
Innocent. Fearless.
Trusting. Secure.
Danger? I might fall?
Insecure?
Impossible.
Behind, around and over me
is my Eagle.
II
I walk the highway
in the wilderness.
I cannot see ahead.
the way is carved
through rocky walls –
beyond them barrenness.
I cannot see ahead
but never fear –
not to mind.
Behind, around and over me
Is my Eagle.
III
He is my surety
He is my companion
on The Quest
He alone is my guide:
my eyes, my senses,
my Spirit
