THE YOUNG LION AND EAGLET

Like a Miranda in the cloud

Is a state of a new born eaglet

Not swallowing the life chicken’s carcasses

Is the endless journey of an eaglet

Trumpeters are blaring loud

The tune of a golden eaglet

Who never let go

The price of a pace setter

I desire the golden rule

Of the wild eaglet

Despite incorruptible desire

To create inevitable mark

Upon the heart and memory of men

Mbonu! Has not given up on

The steady moves and moods

Of a golden rules of an eaglet

The paving speed up

Above the sky

The diving stringent

Against the prey

And tireless spreads of wings

On the sky to reach destination

I desire the eagle and eaglet rules

But the symposium of earth

Is working against all guts

The odds of live

Is prevailing against humanity

Who can ask the eaglet the way?

When the eagle seems to be asleep?

That is the way of the God’s Kingdom

We cannot do without the creator

Who fashioned everything

For us his servants

As His ambassadors on earth

We are like the eaglet

Leaning on the Almighty the eagle

Through His son Jesus Christ the eagle

Emissaries of peace and equity

Commanders of loyalty and dignitaries

Are His servants in golden mood

God is the crown

The wisdom of men

The Excellency of Jacob

The price beater of the Kingdom

And the generator of His power house

Eaglets are the Kings of the Birds

Symbolic of Christians as high flyers

Young lions are kings of animal

Symbolic of ordinary men

But young lions due lack

But eaglets never lack

Because of unique strength and wings

To travel beyond

Than young lions which are limited

In a particular terrestrial environment

Eaglets live in atmosphere

Young lion lives in mesosphere

Both have unique strength

But Eaglets lives both mesosphere and atmosphere

Both lives in terrestrial

But eaglet lives both celestial and terrestrial

I envy the celestial home of an eaglet

Because I desire to be there

But I am limited

Said the young Lion

Then who is the strongest?

The Lion or eagle?

The young lion or eaglet?

I need an answer?

The Eaglet

That soars on high

To fish the best from the world

Written by: Onyia Emeka Harford

DESCRIPTION: The Poem “The Young Lion and Eaglet” is an African Poem that tends to depict the symbolism of these two animals as to comparing it to human nature. The poet is letting us to understand that the young Lions are human beings who are ordinary men with worldly knowledge and understanding of rudimental system of this world which makes them dominate their environment alone. But the eaglets are symbol of human being as well but with divine qualities which are only found in the word of God. These qualities make men eaglets to dominate the whole world because men are created to dominate according to Genesis 1:27-28.

GENESIS 1:27-28

(27)      “And God went on to create man in His image

            In God’s image he created him; male and female

            He created them

(28)      Further, God blessed them, and God said to them

            “ Be fruitful and become many, fill the earth and

            Subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of sea,

            And the flying creatures of heavens and every

            Living creature that is moving on the earth”

And man cannot dominate the world without proper knowledge of the creator of the world who will give them quality and the key to creation.

From line 1-4:  The poet let us to know that the eaglet which is the young eagle at birth is very beautiful bird in the sky; pointing out that the eaglet does not feed on dead animals which the poet refers as “Chicken Carcasses” being the symbolism of Christians who does not depend on worldly knowledge for sustenance which the poet refers as “Chicken Carcasses”. Eaglets here are symbolism of Christians and “Chicken Carcasses”   are symbolism of worldly knowledge. Wild life or fresh animal are symbolism of word of God. So eaglets feed on Fresh animal which is the symbolism of word of God. And the poet let us to know that this is the endless habit of eaglet.

From line 3-8:  The poet let us to know that people must talk about a young eagle which is being seen ones in a blue moon. Using this to qualify the lifestyle of a Christian, which people see as a difficult rule to keep and he admires the people that can maintain that life, which they cannot meet up with its standards and demands. The poet describing the life style of God’s standard as “the tune of a golden eaglets”. The poet let us understand that as the young eagles flies without getting tired right above the sky, so is life of a Christian who will never compromise status until he/she sets standard of Christ for people to emulate which Saint Paul the apostle did according to the Holy Bible book of Acts of the Apostle.

From line 9-12: The poet continues to say that he desires the golden rules of the wild eaglet which is the symbolism of lifestyle of God’s saints or Christians. The poet let us to understand that irrespective of incorruptible desire of a God’s saint to set a standard for people on planet earth, that he still admires the lifestyle of a Christian or God’s saint.

From line 13-16:  The poet still on admiring the lifestyle of God’s saint called on Mbonu! Which is an African name of a Christian who has backslidden from faith which the Poet described as “the steady move and mood” of a golden rule of eaglet which is the lifestyle of a Christian or God’s saints.

From line 17-20:  The poet begins to describe the ways of an soaring eaglet above the sky which comprises its paving speed up and diving nature when it sites a prey for food relating it to sacrifices a Christian pays in suffering with Christ. So he can reign with him as well. These qualities comprise evangelism, fasting and prayer, church services etc. to keep the faith moving.

From line 21-24: The Poet continues with describing the qualities of eaglets’ right above the sky which he also specifies as tireless spreads of wings until it gets to its destination meaning continues spreading of gospel of Christ in season and out of season until a Christian gets to heaven which the poet let us know that it is the centre of discussion by unbelievers on earth and he also described as “symposium of the earth”.

From line 25-28: The Poet continues to let us know that the “symposium of the earth” which is the views of the worldly people about Christianity and faith is what is weighing the saints down in their believes as the poet also describes it as “Odds of life of a Christian”  which symbolizes Trials and Temptations a Christian must overcome. The poet let us to know that these trials and temptations has prevailed against and limited human nature already. The poet continues to tell us to ask the eaglets which are Christians the way? That is how these have prevented the human nature according the poet.

From line 29-32: The Poet continues on the rhetorical question of human nature and specifies that we can ask God’s servants the way which is the symbol of eaglets in the preceding line; when God who is the symbol of eagle here seems asleep. Because God is a spirit, he uses human nature to disseminate information through His word. The poet continues to let us know that it is the way to Kingdom of heaven. The poet continues by making us understand that God is the supreme creator and we cannot do without him.

From line 33-36: The poet continues to make people understand that God’s servants are seen as eaglets in this content. And being ambassadors of Christ on earth, who are leaning on the Almighty God who is also seen as the eagle himself in this content.

From line 37-40: The poet continues to let us know that the eaglet does this through his son Jesus Christ. The eaglets here are God’s servants through his son Jesus Christ. The poet describes these eaglets as emissaries of peace and equity meaning ambassadors of Christ to institute Peace and orderliness in the society through the gospel. The poet goes a long way to tell us that they are commanding respect through their faithfulness and are celebrated when they are in good mood of their glorious nature.

From line 41-44: The poet continues to let us know that God is the crown meaning the head of the universe; that God is the main wisdom men need and he had been the excellence of Jacob which were the root of David and Jesus Christ our Savior. The poet trying to let us know, that God is the centre of negotiation for the Kingdom of heaven.

From line 45-48: The poet continues to let us know that God also is the generator of his power house which is the church. And Christians being the symbol of eaglets are the head and leaders of ordinary men being symbolized as Young Lions in this content; which the poet let us understand that the Young lions can dominate only his family and environment alone. And that Christians are also high flyers just as eaglets can soar high

From line 49-52: The continues to let us know that Young lions which are symbolic of ordinary men do lacks good things of life but the eaglets who are symbolic of Christians cannot lack any good thing because they have invisible wings which are qualities from Holy Ghost as Christians which enable their minds to fly and travel far distance part of the world and fetch their food and needed material things and bring it back to their domains. This is because it is only God that can establish the thought of a man through his word. Once your mind can fly to far distance, that means you will fly one day because as a man thinks in his heart so is that man. You are not beyond your thought. When you employ God in your life, your mind is renewed by the word of God. You can now reason like God who created the whole world; so since God can be everywhere in the world, so you can be everywhere in the world as well through his word because he has created you in own image and likeness. This is why you can sit in a place and dominate your world. The eaglets also can supply food to the Young lions which cannot fly because they don’t have these divine wings that the eaglets possessed.

So the Young lions are limited irrespective of his mighty strength but the eaglets are not limited. The poet trying to let us know that someone can only fly as a Christian because of God’s word and the Holy Ghost. Not as ordinary person with the worldly knowledge which represent the chicken carcasses in this content but as empowerment from God’s word:

ISAIAH 40:30-31

(30)      “Boys will tire and grow weary; And young men

            will stumble and fall

(31)      But those hoping in Jehovah will regain power

            They will soar on wings like eagles

            They will walk and not tire out”

From line 53-56: The poet continues to let us know that these unique strength given to Christians is not for them to sit down but for them to travel beyond their environment and their nations to uttermost part of the world to spread the good news and that the grace is already released to them for this exploit. Though, the Young lions which are ordinary men do not have it. The poet also continues to let us know that because they don’t have it, they are stagnant in a particular environment. It take God’s nature to rule the world, and that is why people were able to fashion the internet, it is not an ordinary mind that accomplished this task, it was a mind in tune with divinity through the Holy Ghost that brought all these event to evidence of men.

The poet continues to let us understand that eaglets have their nest in the atmosphere; that he lives above the sky: meaning that as Christians our home is in the heavenly and that is why the bible specifies at the book of COLLOSIAN 3:1-2 of the Holy Bible that we should set out mind on things above where Christ is residing:

COLLOSIAN 3:1-2

(1)        “If however, you were raise up with the Christ

            go on seeking things above, where the Christ is

            seated at the right hand of God

(2)        Keep your minds fixed on the above, not on the

            earth.

From line 57-60: The poet continues with the explanation of the habitations of the eaglets and the Young lions: He said that both of them have unique strength but the Young lions lives on earth and worldly standard which the poet describes as mesosphere meaning land and forest while eaglets lives on both worldly standard and divine standard which the poet describes as mesosphere and atmosphere. So the eaglet operates double standards which are divine and worldly which make him/her unique compares to the Young lions that operates only worldly standard. So the poet let us understand that both animals live in the thick forest which he describes as terrestrial environment.

From line 61-64: The poet continues to let us know that eaglets operates on Celestial and terrestrial environment. The poet now expresses the grievances of the Young lions over these unique qualities that the eaglets possessed. According to the poet, he said that the Young lions desires the celestial home of eaglets which is above, but he is limited by nature and he dreams to fly and reach there but he cannot because he does not have the special attributes to fly which can only come through God’s word as a Christian.

From line 65-68: Now the poet begins with the rhetorical questions and said then who is the strongest amongst the two animals? The lion or eagle? The young lion or eaglet? Using these to establish the difference between the two

From line 69-72: The Poet ends by saying that he needs an answer which the poet still provides the answer as eaglet that soars high to fish out the best from the world. Now do you want to be like eaglet? Go for the word of God.

WRITER/PUBLISHER: ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD

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