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ElegyThat ever-circling hawk you see is death.
It never leaves your sight; is air its home?
Alas, it mastered air so it may hunt.
It may come down so fast and steep one day
that none could see it dive, yet you are gone.
Today you are too big, you are too strong.
But you will shrink, you will become a mouse.

Or death will grow till all your size and strength
are vain, and float mere inches overhead,
then take you with a twitch of its great beak.
It will take all you are, or nearly all.
The love you had for others and the love
they had for you cannot be caught or held
by talon or by beak, cannot be lost.

As death soars up again and
These Wings BluesYou may have these wings I'm wearing,
if you teach them how to fly.
You may have these wings I'm wearing,
if you teach them how to fly.
They feel just like two anchors,
not a ticket to the sky.

I think you could do this teaching,
because you know the way I feel.
I think you could do this teaching,
because you know just how I feel.
And you help me when I wonder
if a good thing can be real.

If you get these wings to flying,             
you may loan them back to me.
If you get these wings to flying,
you may loan them back to me.
For five minutes or an hour
I wo

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A collaboration with my dear friend Hanan :iconpartiallyhere:, right side by her, left side by me.

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!VikingJoe Jan 30, 2011
this is really wonderful, did you remove the ink yourself?
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*RichardLeach Jan 30, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
thanks, yes, i take it off with cellophane tape - as carefully as possible!
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*Markus43 Oct 14, 2010
Nailed it brother
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*RichardLeach Oct 14, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks, I love collaborating with Hanan.
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*birgzett Oct 4, 2010  Professional General Artist
Like a whisper.
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*RichardLeach Oct 4, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Ah. Thank you so much for looking, reading and commenting.
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*birgzett Oct 4, 2010  Professional General Artist
You have captured a thought.
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*RichardLeach Oct 4, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks very much.
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!roovel Aug 30, 2010
:clap:
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*RichardLeach Aug 30, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
:iconbowplz::iconbowplz: (both of us!)
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