Long, long ago, in the land of the eagles
Long, long ago, in the mountains of Mars
Came a young egret who dreamt of adventure
Came a young egret who dreamed of the stars
He started a sect and they called themselves ‘Takers’
They promised to take themselves up to the moon.
They started to take fine feathers from others
Saying their taking would be over quite soon.
The best of the eagles were soon disillusioned
For without their fine feathers they could no longer fly
No longer able to catch their own suppers
Nor fly lazy circles in the bright Summer sky.
The ‘Takers’ by now had convinced all the others
The ones with poor feathers who had never flown well
That with their new wings they would fly much better
However, in practice, the poor birds... simply fell.
Yet such is the power of dreams for the eagles
The ‘Wing-ship' of Takers finally took to the air
The years of hard work, at last, now were over
The Takers were airborne; to space they would dare
Those left behind were proud for their brothers
Yet hungry and thirsty - for few could still fly
But now Eagle-kind would soar through the heavens
To land on the moon at the top of the sky.
Eventually an albatross brought news of the Takers
The eagles had landed - fallen into the sea
Not one escaped from their feathered contraption
All were strapped in and just couldn’t break free
The wise old bird, the albatross, told them
That there is no harm in having high dreams
Just don’t sacrifice what is needed, to chase them
Not everything turns out to be quite what it seems
Dreams are fine - but fly where you’re meant to
Wings won’t work if you fly up too high
Look to your nests and feeding the youngsters
Isn’t it enough to be lords of the sky?
Comments
PascalJBarry | January 6, 2010 - 21:52
Nice sentiment and I like how your crazy imagination delivered it.
Pascal
Mangone | January 6, 2010 - 23:54
Thanks Pascal!
Actually the Eagles landed sometime around the end of December and were of course totally unharmed - but I thought they might enjoy my little joke ;O)
Cavalcaderl | January 12, 2010 - 23:20
new Mangone
really thought this is well done.
They are graceful bird's.When a friend
d recently some knew, we had been with
strange opened my door white feather.Then
day we met, last time, I stood near pub near
we all walked, white feather's floating down
from above, just as if she sent them.That last time
four all together.Please let me know where I can read your "War Horse" poem,love
to as I'm answering shoe on "Mustang" I have as well to.
julie x
Mangone | January 13, 2010 - 21:44
Thanks Julie!
I think this is what you mean, it's a link to the war horse you mention : Just click on the bit in red.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psp_mR1DUR8
It's NOT my voice though Julie, I just found the link for Shoe.
MistakenMagic | January 14, 2010 - 07:55
Truly enjoyed this trip into your imagination Mangone ;) I will definitely return for more of your musings in the future!
Magic xxx
Mangone | January 14, 2010 - 08:02
Thank you Mis
for leaving a little of your magic!
Tom Brown | March 31, 2010 - 19:03
Hi Mangone! Makes one think of the story of Icarus hey?
Cheers! Tom &&
Mangone | April 2, 2010 - 22:13
Now you've mentioned it, it does:O)
Cheers Tom! Mangone.
Mangone | October 10, 2010 - 19:36
It seems that some spacecraft do have some important uses.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/04jun_swef/
Tom Brown | October 10, 2010 - 20:00
Thanks Mangome! Very interesting!
"The sun is waking up from a deep slumber.”
But you believe it all? Are there not perhaps motives? We’ve had many such doomsday predictions, causing panic and general hysteria.
Cheers keep well! Tom
Mangone | October 10, 2010 - 21:44
Hiya Tom.
Do I believe it all?
Well, yes, it is another of the seeds of the coming perfect storm.
There is a 25 Megabyte HD movie which is interesting but I would love to know a lot more detail about the sun. http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/ion4.html
Coincidentally, I was thinking of you earlier wondering if you knew of the work of George Ellis.
Like you he's a professor of mathematics - University of Capetown,
I believe - but he may well be retired now.