Blue Falcon

For Icarus

Lovely Blue Falcon
Who stayed for a year
I lost you forever
I wish you'd be here!

Children stopped playing
When he stood on my glove
Listened to stories
Of the birds I love.

Hawks with crushed wings
From gunshot and wire
They all come to me
Exhausted and tired.

Satin winged eagles
Looking at me
Stretching their wings
Longing to be free.

Twelve different hawks
Sit side by side
Telling me stories
Of the thermals to ride.

Soft feathered owls
With yellow eyes
Dreaming of freedom
And the moon to rise.

Sweet little Kestrel
Can't fly anymore
Waits to be mended
And the sky to soar.

Little lost owl
Can't yet go home
Just wait a bit longer
For skies to roam.

Lovely Blue Falcon
I miss you all day
I lost you forever -
And wish you'd have stayed

from Sigrid

Updated by Elke on September 8, 2005 10:24 PM