Put down the pipe

Take a moment;

Listen to your life.

The things you've

Silenced so long

Renew your spirit and mind

Remember what it's like to fly

With your own two wings

Across the endless skies

Shed this load that

Weighs you down.

Soar.  Soar into the night.

Ebb and flow,

Pass through the mountains

Nice and slow,

Strong under currents

Churning below.

Sun on your skin

Just like an old friend

It comes on warm

Like it'd never gone.

Weeds on the riverbank

Less aesthetic portions

That you'd rather remove

But don't. 

Afraid their deep roots

Are all that keeps it all together

The longer they stay,

The more securely they abide.

Ripping them from the earth

Not knowing if the river's rise

Will cause it all to crumble and die.

We stood on her back porch

Can you see him there in the tree?

Looking with telescopic eyes

I see him,

Prey locked in sight

He dives

Swooping down

Talons tearing through

Weak flesh

He ascends

Glorious in flight