Hawk

i saw her
she rose above the solid sun river
grace, like a wind, surrounded her

my heart, the betrayer
sang we were the same

and i watched, horrified and fascinated
as she circled and dove
vanished and appeared,
a small creature struggled in her grip,
struggled and tore itself apart as she bent her head to watch

i listened to my heart scream with knowledge
because i know this dream,
a dream of love
of killing the being you need, to survive

of knowing that love may die
if you kill it