The Great Raptor
(inspired by Isaiah 40:31)
“...they shall mount up with wings as eagles.”
Eyes fixed farther than fear could follow,
the great raptor rides cold winds
high above the valley haze.
Anxiety circles the earth below,
while faith still searches beyond the storm
for the first sign of light.
Golden wings stretch wide in silence—
driven by hunger, survival, and purpose together,
as though creation itself remembers the heights.
Light gathers beyond the thunderheads,
where speed and stillness move as one
above the noise of the world.
Even now the great eagle turns into dawn,
descending with terrifying grace
before rising once more beyond the dark.

