The hawk

I had a thought.

It was recent enough,

and held sufficient importance
to me 

that I remember it clearly,

like it was yesterday.

which it was.

Still, 

it seems like it could have also been in a different lifetime.

The thought that I had,

as I watched a hawk flying overhead

was this;
I wonder if that hawk realizes that it has not always been able to fly?

In my own life, it is also not so easy to recall 

well 

if I have perhaps changed,

because my consciousness is so inexorably rooted to my own body

at the time of thinking
and always.

I thought more about flying

as I watched other birds,
on what I believe was a different day.

Those animals seemed so free, but then I imagined

that there might be traffic up there, or other birds
which could be annoying.

Still, from my vantage point,

which felt more like a disadvantage,

it looked beautiful.

I would think that having multiple angles would be better.

in my experience, it has certainly proven so.