Raptor

                                                  Jinsky

IN TANDEM
http://jinksy-intandem.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-tandem-10.html
Jinsky supplied both illustration and meme.

RAPTOR

Were I a raptor in the air, hovering over prey,

The earth would not look blank and clear, in this unoccupied way.

Human eyes, looking from a height, see a picture such as this,

But there are many, many things the human eye must miss.

We see the sea, we see the trees, the beach and sandy shore.

But the raptor soaring in the blue sees this and so much more.

He sees the little field-mouse as it trembles scared and cowering;

He sees it as a tasty meal he'll soon be overpowering.

He sees the minute insects as they scamper to and fro;

Each one a morsel he will snap as soon as he  flies low.

He sees the eggs deep in the nest, and fledglings by their side;

They are simply prey to him; there's nowhere they can hide.

We think that we see clearly, but our eyesight can't compare

With the vision of a raptor as it hovers in the air.

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COCOON!
(A Cinquain)

Cocoon.
Leaf-like, misshapen.
Shuddering, twisting, scratching.
Emerging crumpled and surprised.
Butterfly.

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