verse: icarus

(for @magpienikki, who dreams of flying...)

i hear
my voice singing
to me

and i
fall into
the sky

five fathoms
deep into
darkness

it's something
like swimming
but different

poking
through constellations
of light

reaching down
to caress the crest
of undulating hills

i ride the wind
like dust
or dandelion seeds

unstuck
from time
and earth

until the sun
ignites my
wings

and i
find myself
staring at the ceiling

restored
once more
to gravity's embrace.