(This was first posted last November, as a lone poem – but there are two more parts I neglected to share – to follow.)
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Called the lioness to the eagle,
let me fly with you
to your favorite places –
I long to see them too.
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Sang the eagle to the lioness,
I’ll never have you here.
You’re stuck on terra firma,
gravity has made that clear.
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Called the lioness to the eagle,
then nest down here with me.
You can have the highest branches
in the sapodilla tree.
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Sang the eagle to the lioness,
it’s teeth and claws I fear.
I’m sorry, but the sky is safe
and I must stay up here.
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Called the lioness to the eagle,
It’s safe here on the ground.
My paws have been declawed
and my teeth have been filed down.
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Sang the eagle to the lioness,
your muscles frighten me.
Just one of your embraces
and I would cease to be.
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Called the lioness to the eagle,
you won’t suffer my embrace.
I wouldn’t try to hold you
for I’ve given up the chase.
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Sang the eagle to the lioness,
you’d hypnotize me then .
Your eyes have such charisma
that I’d ne’er be free again.
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Called the lioness to the eagle,
I won’t gaze at you too long.
I could never mesmerize you
for your will is much too strong.
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Sang the eagle to the lioness,
then I will be your friend
in the sapodilla tree
until the sky calls me again.
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Purred the lioness to her heart,
we’ve won his trust this day.
She curled up underneath his wings
and hid desire away.
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© 1982, 2011 Betty Hayes Albright
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