Icarus

built myself out of

feathers and tar

a girl doll angel a sinner

something secret inside

through my skin you could see my

blue blue veins like ocean

running beneath flesh

you said

like a roadmap to my heart

then why oh why did we get so lost

flying up so high

so close to your fierce burning

brightness that i

melted away

and when the sun set

there i lay molten girl hardening in moonlight

only the shape of my wings

the map under my skin

betraying the girl i used to be

falling falling

your arms around me makes it

hard to breathe i feel my

breath leaving my chest

i feel my

soul uncurl from my bones feel the

frozen floor stinging my feet

feel your laugh a shooting star

falling through me

the lump in my throat

front-page news like

people holding hands jumping from burning buildings

sinking and sinking through the

silence of my mind even when i squeeze eyes closed and

try not to breathe

you are a kaleidoscope of colors scents sounds i

could watch the sunlight cross your face all day i

can watch shadow of eyelashes on your cheek and

feel your laugh warm the soles of my feet

hear the singing of my heart over the

black-and-white sadness.

little bird

little bird your broken wing won't find a

home in your nest of twigs no one can

care for you there and

oh dear what if you

fall?

all your questions end in answers your song like a

plea please stay singing singing

outside her window with your tattered wing and

broken song

reminding us that it is morning again and

again and again and

broken things still sing.