EAGLEFREE-have you ever found it?

white knight — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 07:11:59 GMT

Mentioned a few times on these pages was my first marraige breakdown in 1996 and the only time I had suicidal thoughts. A couple of years later my cousin had suffered a sever back injury and depression evolved from it. Following a big operation he was advised to walk and walk and walk to strengthen his back muscles.

He returned to Tasmania and walked in remote areas. One time he stood on a cliff face and was in so much pain he wanted to jump. He looked up and saw a wedge tailed eagle soaring above him. The spirit connected and he walked on. A day or so later he rang me from Tasmania's highest peak Mt Ossa.

EAGLEDREAM AND EAGLEFREE

Pity those so many souls

that cannot sing

or imagine the lift of an eagles wing...

To get to Eagledream

U-turn from devil's drop

right at suicide dock

brake at satan's falls

and at Mt Ossa prop.

Then hug the love of all

of trekker and the unaware

those that stared

into an eagle's eye

to feel what life really means

- to visit eagledream.

Close your eyes

arms above your head

flatten weary palms

hear naught being said

wait for an eagle to land

stroke his bold chest

embrace eaglefest

thank the hunters heart

then free him....all in your mind

Devil's drop a distant memory

as the eagle soars like jetstream

pity those, so many souls

- that never find eagledream....

About eight months later I went to Tassy. I told my cousin that in honour of his experience, his pain, his spiritual connection with that eagle and his (in my eyes) heroic survival, I'd got a tattoo on my arm of an eagle. I called it eaglefree.

He looked at me the lifted his own shirt to reveal a tattoo of an eagle. We had both got them weeks before without each others knowledge. His called his eagledream. Two words meaning survival from enduring pain, depression and desperation......and survival.

Spiritual connection can come in so many forms. In my view love is the strongest spirit, to give love and appreciate any return you get. Not expecting return is the best mindset. Just like that eagle that day, totally unexpected but life changing. The end result was - life can turn around, it can be magnificent, rewarding and different to what you once thought when you were at your lowest.......and it can be spiritual.

EAGLEFREE-have you ever found it?

Struggler — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 14:05:08 GMT

Hi WK

Eaglefree and Eagledream, truly amazing. Poem is poignant yet uplifting. Thank you

Struggler

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EAGLEFREE-have you ever found it?

EAGLEFREE-have you ever found it?