Eagles

Stunned I stare from a rocky shore As eagle architects swoop and soar. Avian aerobats stretch my mind. Carving arcs in cerulean air Building an aerial cathedral Framing clear high walls across the sky With headlong three-sixties upside down Form gothic spandrels toward the ground Flickering feathers turned them around Racing sunward as a fleur de lis In a uniting swirl upward bound, Forming a pole for staffing a cross Construction stopped at the sight of fish. As if their cathedral struck the sea Eagles spun in tsunamic circles Diving for salmon they taloned tight Flying swiftly off, soon beyond sight. I shrugged, amazed by what raptors do. Jet jockeys may but sigh and admire Eagles flight gift with dreamy desire.