Early Warning

candlelight

and mellow tunes

their past unveiled

and goals expressed

and on that eve

a name arose

a mutual friend

a story told 

and down the line

the truth unfolds

a final blow

a painful end

Desert King

high above

the desert floor

he soars on waves

of rising air

his view of sand

and sun-baked rock

the only trees

near hidden springs

and soon he dives

to make a kill

and takes his meal

to cooler heights

it's there he'll spend

the clear, cold night

beneath a dome

of distant suns