Bright the Hawk's Flight (Patreon)

Only in silence the word,
Only in the dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight,
On the empty sky.

I've been going through my favorite books lately, the Earthsea saga, and these beautiful words have been bouncing non-stop in my head for the past week, conjuring up this image from deep within.

EDIT: re-uploaded to compensate for me painting at night when I'm not used to, so everything seemed too dark this morning!