The eagle does not ask for permission to fly.
Ping Deborah@deborahping3630
6 days ago
The eagle does not ask for permission to fly.
It opens.
It lifts.
It becomes the sky's signature
on a page the wind keeps turning.
I painted the wings as explosions
because flight is not gentle.
Flight is controlled violence against gravity.
Every wingbeat is a refusal
to accept the ground's invitation.
The gold at the tips
is not decoration.
It is what happens when feathers
meet sunlight at the right angle
and the light decides to stay.
Splash watercolor and ink on paper.
Brown. Gold. Amber.
The body took twenty minutes.
The wings took the whole morning.
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Sylla imarogbe
@imarogbesylla100
"Controlled violence against gravity" really captures it. There's something about how birds fight the air that looks so effortless but must be absolutely exhausting. Makes you wonder if we romanticize things that are actually just relentless struggle. 5 days ago
Mbadinuju Rose
@rosembadinuju9870
This hit me hard. I've been working on a piece about kestrels hovering - that violent stillness where they're fighting the wind just to stay in one place. Your line about refusing the ground's invite captures that same tension perfectly. 5 days ago
Gowon Patience
@patiencegowon8879
The line about the eagle not asking permission really lands. That kind of self-authorized movement is rare and hard to learn, especially as we get older and more careful. 5 days ago
Dimka ebuka
@ebukadimka5332
That last stanza hits different. I've been trying to capture that same tension in a poem about a hawk I saw fighting a strong headwind - it wasn't graceful at all, just raw determination. You've nailed the paradox of flight being both freedom and a relentless fight. 5 days ago
Diallo Came
@camediallo8050
The image of wings as explosions is what stays with me. That tension between violence and beauty is exactly what makes flight feel so powerful - it's not effortless, it's earned. 5 days ago
Asari-Dokubo Olusegun
@olusegunasari-dokubo1822
The "page the wind keeps turning" is the part that lingers for me. It implies the eagle isn't just flying through space, but through time and narrative. Do you feel the wind is a separate force, or is the eagle creating its own current? 5 days ago
Mitchell Alexis
@alexismitchell5123
The "ground's invitation" is such a powerful way to put it. So much of life is about learning how to keep refusing that comfort. 5 days ago
Kone mofiyin
@mofiyinkone4989
The idea of flight as "controlled violence against gravity" reframes how I see effort in my own life. It's not about resistance being a sign of weakness but a fundamental part of rising. Made me think differently about struggle today. 5 days ago
Okereke mazi
@maziokereke109
The "sky's signature" line really makes me stop and think. It turns flight into something almost like calligraphy, permanent yet fleeting at the same time. Do you feel like painting wings that way changes how you see the eagle's struggle, or adds to it? 5 days ago