I an Eagle
I WISH I WAS AN EAGLE,
NOT A LION, BEAR, OR SEAGULL.
BUT TO KING OF THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY,
AND FLY, AND FLY.
I WOULD TRAVEL EVERY LAND THERE WAS,
EVERY HILL, MOUNTAIN, AND SEA, I WOULD CROSS.
I WOULD LEARN THE CUSTOMS OF EVERY-ONE,
WATCH THE YOUNG HAVING FUN.
I WOULD SEE EVERY COUNTRY BORDER,
IN WAR LIFE IS USED AS CANNON FODDER.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION'S THERE TO BE SEEN,
TO KILL OTHERS, -HUMANS ARE VERY KEEN.
NOT FOR THEM IS PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY,
WAR, NOT LOVE IS THEIR ABILITY.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE PROGRESSED FROM ANCIENT MAN,
BUT WHO ELSE KILLS ONES KIND ONLY MAN CAN.
THEIR BRAINS ARE SMALLER THAN THE SMALLEST MATTER,
WOMAN AND CHILDREN THEY WILL BATTER.
BLOOD AND BONES POLLUTE THE LANDS,
LIFE AND DEATH IS IN THEIR HANDS.
ALL THIS I WOULD HAVE SEEN,
TO THE LANDS BEYOND I WOULD HAVE BEEN.
AN EAGLE AM I?
DON'T MAKE ME CRY.
IF I WAS AN EAGLE NOT A CARE I WOULD HAVE,
AND EAT ONLY THE AMOUNT SO I WOULD NOT STARVE.
I WOULD SOAR HIGH IN THE SKY,
UNTIL THE VERY DAY I DIE.
AN EAGLE AM I?
NO; JUST A HUMAN FLY.
ONE WHO PASSES THE DISEASE OF MAN,
WOE IS I; I WISH I WAS AN EAGLE WHEN THE WORLD BEGAN.
