One Eye loosened the goat from the cart
patted its head
showed it the grass at the side of the path
then strapped his sword and shield to his back
uncovered his head
and followed in the footsteps of the blind man
who was already far ahead of him
he marveled how a blind man could find the way
how can you see he asked
I smell I hear I feel and I remember
four days they walked
no water no food
the air grew thin
the path climbed along the edge of a mountain
suddenly from the heights
an eagle, its great wings outstretched
flew down towards them out of the sun
seeing one eye it magnified him
one eye felt the look
stared back
his eye snapping back like the eagle's
as it had never done before
this look
hit the eagle like a lightning bolt
screeching it tumbled out of the air
and fell a hundred feet
its feathers fluttering
and its cry
echoed out across the air
the rocks trembled
the blind man kept walking