We Were Eagles


I look upon my hands this night
And see them fall away
Return to dirt and soil and earth
But this is not decay

For you and I await our birth
And are already dead
Our hooves, they pound upon our flesh
And of it we are fed

For I have been the grass you eat
And you have been my prey
And we have been the eagle
And those whom eagles slay

There is no boundary twixt the then
And what once was the now
Nor 'tween the I and what it sees
Nor beast nor bird nor bough

The walls we build around ourselves
That tell us who is I
Form fetters from illusion
And jess us from the sky

Come shed the hood that hides our eyes
And greet the rising sun
For it is you, and you are I
And we, we all are one


--Tonin, May 19, 2014