One bright day
Stretched out beside the lake
Heavy eyes
I couldn't stay awake
Suddenly
Bursting out of the blue
Tearing my world away
Down swooped the bird of prey
Steadily
His giant wings unfurled
Spinning down
His beak and talons curled
Transfixed I
Witnessed this fearsome sight
The bird of prey in flight
Wings that blocked out the light
Down he came
And landed by my side
Ruby eyes
Feathers as black as night
Hungry eyes
Gleamed with intensity
Cut to the core of me
Saw what they came to see
With his beak
Gently he touched my cheek
There I froze
I couldn't move or speak
Suddenly
Something I recognised
From shadows of the past
That glimmer in his eyes
Then I knew
Just what my fate would be
From the past
He had come back to me
Take me now
Carry me way up high
Lift me into the sky
Take me away to die
Carry me
Back to the old country
As before
Like in my childhood dreams
Carry me
Into the setting sun
My heart is holding on
I have become undone
The bird of prey
Then stretched his wings out wide
He turned away
And took into the sky