Sinabadan, The Pride of the Philippines

I spy a gun in the hand of a poacher

I try to soar higher into the sky

And use the sun

A bullet explodes through me

Before I see the smoke whirl from the barrel

I plummet to the ground into the mud

Blood gushing from my wing

Like my heart is leaving my body

Feathers messed up when I am found

Ants marching my way

Trees stand around me indifferently

Things go foggy

Then some dark screaming shadows appear

I slip into something 

After I take a rocking car and suddenly I fall asleep

When I wake up

I become a dead Egyptian Pharaoh

I cannot move, cannot see with my right eye

But I am still alive