Scout’s Song

In Eastern skies, the sun does rise
above a crystal sea.
Cerulean blues or stormy hues,
It matters not to me.
  For I shall fly, I'll fly away
  between the sky and sea.
  And I shall fly; I'll fly away;
  Forever I'll be free.

The sun midday, blazes away
on sand and rocky shore.
Over greens and browns and coastal towns,
Above them all I soar.
  For I shall fly, I'll fly away
  O’er the land and sea.
  And I shall fly; I'll fly away;
  Wherever I'll be free.

In evening skies, the mountains rise,
crowned in gold and red.
In shadows gray deep forests lay
with winds I've learned to dread.
  But I shall fly, I'll fly away
  above each peak and tree.
  And I shall fly; I'll fly away;
  Hoping I'll be free.

In darkest night, with stars alight,
no earth below to see,
Surrounded by each glimmering sigh,
the stars sing songs to me.
  O I shall fly; I'll fly away,
  In stars’ melodic sea;
  And  I shall fly; I'll fly away.
  Will ever I be free?

In soul's dark plight, no guiding light,
to fly away with me.
With no one there, no one to share,
a bird alone's not free.
  O I shall fly; I'll fly away,
  to  love one who loves me.
  Then I’ll not fly; not fly away,
  For then shall I be free.

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Note:
This was completed response to a challenge of writing a poem from the view point of an animal.  I wrote the first pass of this poem about a decade ago from the view point of a character in a fantasy story: a young woman who could turn into an eagle.  In the original, the first chorus repeated without variation.  Because of the text, I dug it out, modified the chorus and added a new final verse.