The eagle fell and broke its wing
And wished he knew how to cry
To express the loss of something
He never dreamed he would lose
And the days for him were so long
And the nights cold and hungry
Until the day when he crept slowly
To the edge of the mountainside
Just to look down with longing
Upon the world he had gazed upon
So many times from the heavens
And the beating of his tiny heart
Pounded fiercely in his ears
As he slipped and began to fall
To the rocky valley below
Feeling a far greater pain
And sense of tomorrow lost forever
Than he had ever known in his life
And as his eyes began to close
His wings began to move
And the ground below
Stopped moving upwards.