This Is Me

I saw him hover then. With cautious footsteps By the stream.           ** I saw him learn With restless heart. To spread his wings, And catch his spark.          ** I saw him flee, Into the sky, I saw him weave And saw him fly.         ** Mother close Under the sun. His body rose And power spun.           ** With wings of grace, He then turned, And pulled me back, Into his world.         ** With seconds still, I saw his eyes, A bird of prey Take to the skies.          ** - Beyond the landscape portrait paint, I see the life  That we create.  - Beyond the charcoal pallet stain, He falters, but begins again.                                                  ...

'She looked then only at perfection sitting before her.                       She listened to his words, and almost believed them.                                   She listened to his heart, and almost felt it...                                          But then she remembered.                                          ...