Speed of light....ode to a Peregrine Falcon

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Watch out, I’m comin’ to get ya
You’ve got no place to hide or run
Once I hit you with the speed of light
You will be forever done

I perch high yet hunt high and low
I fly faster than a speeding bullet
You will never see me coming near
Your screams for mercy is all they’ll hear
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I’ll take you to my favorite place
And eat you bit by bit
Then throw your remains over the ledge
The abyss below is what they’ll hit
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It seems I have no pity for the weak
Bear no grudge, nor anger nor hate
For this is something I undertake
To rid the Earth of the incapable
Who can no longer be – though once were - great

[Julie Kenward]

Now that one I love! That seems like what a peregrin would say if he could talk! Excellent words and image, Akros!

[denise ippolito]

Akos, Very powerful and strong-the Peregrine echoes your words perfectly!! Well done.

[Lance Warley]

Bravo!

You really nailed this one, Akos. You are the falcon :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

YEAH! Thank you Lance, Denise and Julie.

By the way, in case you want to know, the meaning of my name is: White Falcon and it has Turkish/Hungarian roots. I have done some research of meanings of Hungarian names. I even remember as a kid that radio would always announce the name days every morning and when 2/27 came, the radio would always greet the White Falcons out there. No crap!

[Amy Marques]

LOL- I love it! Your poem is morbid yet cleverly humorous. Thank goodness for the victim, the peregrine kills quickly and efficiently with a beak especially designed to break the neck of another bird.
So you are named after the noble, white gyrfalcon. Lucky you!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks Amy,
Appreciate your kind words.
I have eyes like one, that's for sure.