Thursday, March 21, 2024

Stone Bird

                                                             Stone Bird  

Dr Abe V Rotor      

Your wings that everyday flap
     are now in surrender,
And the wind that carried you up
      has left you down under.

Majestic and lovely, oh bird,
     lord of the open skies,
Across the land were once heard,
      your pleading, helpless cries.

Would a monument suffice
      to enthrone your life and deed,
Bestow a posthumous prize,
      to hide man's folly and greed?

The stone bird does not answer,
      its world too, shall soon depart,
And man takes pride in his power
      of make-believe in his art.


Philippine Eagle Monument. Marcos Highway, Agoo, La Union.

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