Two Eagles

Two eagles landed on our morning shore

As the tide receded from the slippery rocks

Shoeless I sped out the waiting door

Where steady rain drenched my ageing locks.

I spied them, hushed by solemn calm

As stillness filled the air around

No motion should cause undue alarm

Just being there without a sound.

They sat upon their perch with watchful eyes

Like statues carved without a flaw

Then one took flight into the misty skies

While I simply gazed in silent awe.

Its wings spread wide, its tail spread white

It floated upward with strength and ease

And quickly it was gone from sight

Its purpose other than to please.

The other lingered for yet a while it seemed

Then suddenly it too was gone away

As if I’d wakened from a welcome dream

With a wondrous beginning to a rainy day.