I know Icarus
I’ve only ever been--
Pushed,
Shoved,
Thrust,
From moving airplanes into the sky we call love.
Free falling. Waiting to hit the ground--
Hard,
Violently,
Fatally,
The end has only ever meant destruction.
I met you, and now I know Icarus--
Graceful,
Beautiful,
Poetic,
If a plummet into the sea could ever be called such, this would be it.
You have me falling--
Slowly,
Safely,
Carefully,
Like I’ve never fallen before.
I fell up. Into the stars with--
Artemis,
Virgo,
Andromeda,
Giving their souls for love that didn’t come true until the stars held them in love’s embrace.
Da Vinci’s wings would have worked had he known you--
Gliding,
Floating,
Gravitating,
Towards the ground without fear of breaking.