Blood Eagle
Trigger Warning: Gory Imagery
To break free from rock bottom
You must first look up
Call the mountains down to meet you
Raise your screams from the mud.
Ready yourself for a painful transformation,
Embark on an ascension drenched in blood.
Steady your spine for the modification
Lever your ribs right apart
Open up the cage to expose the cavity
Haul your bony wings from your heart.
Bring your lungs out to greet them
- Hold the air until it stings -
Splutter through years of mutation, recombination and variation,
To evolve into a pulmonary fledgling.
Branching out to touch tomorrow
An eagle eager to launch into the above,
So take a bloodied leap into the sky
And stem your open wounds with love.
About the Creator
Rachel Lightfoot
I like to play with words.
Poems, mostly.
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Great inspirational poem. Thank you for sharing