HIS EYES WERE OPEN, THEY EXPECTED SOMEONE ...

“ … It would seem there's no end

To the bad or the goodness in man … “

 

- Beside, Jon & Vangelis

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYQ7jtFAvBI

BESIDE – JON & VANGELIS

 

A B V for Vulture

you're so beautiful

African White-backed beauty

standing so dutiful

 

How I love to watch you fly

soar across the storm-swept sky

dipping down and rising high

so incredible; I want to cry

 

People are afraid of you

but let me plead your case

you do not claw or maim or kill

you feast on carrion; already long-dead carcass

 

You may be large; your wing span broad

but you are a gentle giant bird

disinterested in those who gaze at you

in awe; to disrespect you is absurd

 

How I long for you to look

just once to last me all my days

to meet my eyes; see an open book

to be filled with wonder; I'm so amazed

 

People carry on their journey

giving you just a cursory glance

but my friend and I; we both linger

life is to be savoured; a joyful dance

 

Hurrying and scurrying past; in the rain

your proud features begin to blur

I make a memory with one click

and still you do not stir

 

Within me my heart beats fast and hard

excited by your omnipresence

oh, if only you would turn to me

grace me with your undivided presence

 

At last I force myself to leave

at last you take to flight

but alas, I lack the photographic skills

to capture your essence in beautiful flight

 

You are from the old world

and I am of the new

you are critically endangered

please do not worry;

we will try our best to save you.

 

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