© 1994 Linda S. McKinney
If the last American Eagle
circled slowly in the sky
and no human eye saw,
nor ear heard Eagle's cry.....
If in his talons —
in air still pure and blue —
the last vestiges of Freedom,
though none claimed its residue.....
If in his eyes Eagle saw
enslaved down below —
deaf, blind, mute, and halt—
chiseled beings of stone.....
If Eagle brought to us
Freedom's greatest Light
placed gently into sculpted hand
Truth of Wrong or Right.....
If Eagle rose up slowly —
awaited cold, death-like grip
to make courageous effort
to be distinguished from the rest.....
How many times would Eagle come
to retrieve the Greatest Gift
until, Eagle's mission complete,
stone moved — transformed into Man?
© 1994 Linda S. McKinney
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