On the edge of a mountain's jagged cliff,
The Queen Bald Eagle quietly sits,
Amidst the snow and rolling clouds,
Upon her throne, that she has found.
From here she watches Mother Earth below,
Where animals run and big rivers flow,
Where long, grassy prairies wave in the wind,
Where past Spirits reside and all Life begins.
And she decides the direction she wants to go
And prepares to journey where The Four Winds blow.
And when she spreads her wings,
And looks to the Sky,
The Eagle is then getting ready to fly.
Soaring high in the Heavens, so proud and so free,
She glides with such smoothe grace, so effortlessly.
And when she's floating with clouds in the realms up Above,
She's close to the Great Spirit and Grandfather Sun.
And she's fulfilling her purpose, and achieving her goals.
By teaching others freedom, she's evolving her soul.
And the Great Spirit watches from His painted dusk sky
And is so proud of His Eagle as He watches her fly.
And He's proud of His people, when they do as they should.
When they discover their purpose, it does their soul good.
For it evolves them, like Eagle; takes their soul into flight,
And leads them to their Maker; directs them to the Light.
So, decide the direction you want to go,
And prepare to journey where The Four Winds blow,
And spread your wings, And look to the Sky,
And just like the Eagle, get ready to fly.
c Susie K. Nelson 1994--- From the book ''Whispering Spirits of the Soul
Reason for writing:
Eagle was the first of my Totem animals to appear to me in
meditation and I was in a class at the time. After the meditation, I told my teacher what I had seen. She told me that Eagle was one of my Spirit animals and that I was getting ready to fly. The Native American people believe that Eagle is connection to the Great Spirit. I have had Eagle appear to me several times since then and Eagle has indeed led me on my journey, teaching me to fly high above my limitations, toward Grandfather Sun and toward the ultimate goal...back to the Great Spirit...
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