A rainy summer morn’ on the island
I wander down to the beach to get some air
A beautiful scene of sea and shore trends
I wonder what could be there, a heron fair
It squawks at me as I roam near it’s hunt
Taking to the air not too pleased, oh my
I walk down the shore to find a boulder
Along the way I hear the eagle’s cry
The crying is quite often, like a plea
I wonder where oh where it might be
I look, look into the nearby big trees
There is another cry, nothing for to see
I whistle my own call, eagle like high notes
Not too unlike the high pitch guitar riff
I wonder back with rain pleading for coats
The eagle keeps crying like in some tiff
Ah, there it is, up there in the old growth tree
Now spotted the eagle lifts to flee
Oh, she is a glorious young female
She is calling not crying for her parent male
She is so sure and strong as she flies
Much bigger is she in only five moons
Than her father who coaxes he tries
He returns her calls but not too soon
They are united as the father is guiding
Watchful and gently pushing her to leave
She can fly and is strong for traveling
The open water is not like being above a tree
Her very wise and loving father
Has kept watch as the mother has left
Mother has taken her sibling to the river
Where they will feed as the salmon run
She does not want to leave her home
The nest was comfort in a nearby tree
Father has dropped many branches
The nest is but a warm memory
She is fearful of leaving, flying above the sea
Father knows she will soon accept to flee
He is guided by his love for his darling
He longs for teaching more about surviving
She does miss mother and her sibling
She calls and calls for them to return
Father entices and prods her to follow
As he will take her to the river across the sea
She calls again in the evening, where might he be
He returns again to give her another feeding
She is happy but still does not want to go
He feeds her then shows her how to soar
He has done this many times before
She will soon leave to join her family
Only when she knows in her heart
That mother and sibling are over the sea
Father is very patient and firmly pushing
So that his daughter he loves thrives
Father is patient and every pushing
So that she has love as she survives
Daniel J Arthur
August 10, 2023