We Fall to Rise Again
I am a feather
Falling from Icarus' wilted wings
Falling from grace
Drunk with the fading impression
Of blinding light
I am earth bound
Rock-deep in Gaia's unwelcome embrace
The sky distorted and strange
With memories of the view from above
My dreams are haunted by bird bones
By failed last attempts
By the Suns goodbye
(Sometimes the dreams are golden and bright
Sometimes I swallow the sky whole with a smile
Sometimes I fly)
Icarus' true folly
Was loving only unforgiving fire
With patience and time
I will build my own wax wings
Take off into the cool night sky
Breathe to the galaxies
Brush soft-eyed stars with scarred fingertips
From days spent dancing in flames
To remind myself of home
Velvet black will be my fall
And I will fall with grace
Limitless and infinite
I will exist in that moment a million times
I will become my own universe, my own wings
I will fly