Eagle

Stay still. Don't breathe...

(Photo by Phillip Pilz for Unsplash)

Sudden silence

All birdsong ceased

As if a plug had been pulled

As if the mighty wind was

Compelled to

Hold

It’s

Breath.

But no. Something

Worse

If you’re a songbird.

I’m a human but

Even I am compelled to

Check the sky

I see the white head, the

Wingspan - the sound of

Air sliced directly overhead

Unstoppable.

A missile on target

Who has lost their small and precious life today?

The world breathes deep, lets it go, and then

Proceeds as if nothing at all

Has happened.