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The Great White Sea Eagle

2023

We left the hospital and drove straight to the woods
Some sort of statement of our freedom, I suppose
But you could not walk for long
And soon you were crying at the reality of the idea
And my heart was slammed
This is a sentence
I carried you a further hundred yards
False hope, distraction
Before giving up
We sat and stayed and ate and drank
I explained it away or I tried to explain
Before silence and then the gentle bеginning
Our sway home, disappointed
Everything can bеcome so monochrome
People pass but I cannot look at them
They cannot enter conversation
Why this, why that
Please do not judge me or my child
But in a moment
Our batteries were recharged
Our exploration rewarded
The dusk shaken clear
As unexpectedly our eyes alit
At the sight of the eagle
The great white sea eagle
High in the rooftops of the tall unfurling trees
And do you see it?
I saw it dadda, I saw it
Are you sure? Are you sure?
I'm sure, I'm sure
It is huge and it is baring
Vast cloaks, vast branches as wings
And we can actually hear each stroke of that
Feathers and bone and flesh
Deep into wood and then... hidden
And then we spy nothing though our eyes search on
Oh, come warm us, come cover us, embrace us
What was he doing there then? What was he looking for?
I don't know, I don't know
But I remember
In these days when we return, I scan the skyline
Of course I do but nothing yet
And we don't need him so much now anyway
And you don't look at all
You have less important things on your mind
For which I am forever grateful
Credits
James Yorkston

James Yorkston

Nina Persson

Nina Persson

The Second Hand Orchestra

The Second Hand Orchestra

About “The Great White Sea Eagle” by James Yorkston

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