Poetry
            by Doug Ordunio


            
 

            
The
            Two Of Us

            
When I was an eagle

            Your solemn pet

            With glorious stratified wings

            Silent and vigilant

            At rest on the perch

            You admired my stern beauty

            My regal elegance

            I would regard your immaculate purity

            Delicate sandals

            Revealed sculpted feet



            You would approach me

            Indulging me

            Tempting me with grapes

            Benignly held in your lips

            My powerful beak

            Grasping them

            With the touch of a lamb

            The closest we get to a kiss

            When your head drew near

            Your soft fragrance

            Blessed me with goodness



            Then you would don

            The black leather gauntlet

            My heart would beat faster

            As I balanced myself on

            The end of your arm

            Your beguiling smile

            As you unlocked the chain

            Your tether to me

            To fling me aloft and into the sky



            Attaining my freedom

            I would stay level

            A few precious moments

            Until the time came

            For my heart-stopping dive

            Down deep in the canyon

            Becoming a blur

            Of frightening speed

            My vision crystalline

            Detecting each pebble



            Our hearts beat together

            As I plunged through the air

            We flew with the wind

            Up to the stars

            Emerging in evening

            Feeling your joy

            As I rose up on high



            Gliding in graceful ellipses

            Slowly descending

            In a far-reaching survey

            Of my forested domain

            Quietly returning to my lady

            My goddess

            Who rewards me with field mice

            And tasty soft lapins



            My landing as peaceful

            As moonlight in darkness

            You show me the beauty

            Of your unclothed body

            Cloaked in sweet slumber

            My spirit resplendent

            In rapturous delight

            Standing guard as your

            Lover, protector

            Until the sun blossoms again

            

            
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