An Original Poem about an Eagle

Percy Bysshe Shelley An Original Poem about an Eagle While walking outside, I noticed a bird A bird unlike any I'd seen before It was a rare bird, one eagle, not four And it cried a call so that all would stir This eagle came flying, soft and unheard A majestic creature, no feelings were bored As it swooped down and a mouse was done for And the bird flew, as if nothing occurred Oh, how I wish to join you and fly Fly away from my troubles and misdeeds For if I could, never again would I Fear the world as I have, as you would lead And away I'd go, soaring through the sky Never looking back, with a new found speed --- Being free like you, and as royal too Would lay both blessing upon me For having that freedom, now mine, could be Disastrous on my soul, for this I knew Long ago, power can go way askew And change me into a beast, now set free Hurting for pleasure, yes, only for glee And abusing this strength, I know it's true We humans aren't meant to be one with clouds Nor are we able to control this gift That you, eagle, hold above all the crowds Of animals, who watch you as you lift Yourself away, and fly towards the shrouds Of night, with winds that carry you adrift This poem reflects Shelley's fascination with the animal world. It's a complete coincidence that he happened to write "To a Skylark" which inspired mine about an eagle. Also, it follows his form of the Petrarchan Sonnet, an iambic pentameter, with an octet and a sextet, forming a rhyme scheme of ABBA ABBA CDCDCD.