perchance to dream

With more thanks to K. i love the Icarus myth for what it says about human aspiration and human failure.


This Heavy Craft

The wax has melted
but the dream of flight
persists.
I, Icarus, though grounded
in my flesh
have one bright section in me
where a bird
night after starry night
while I'm asleep
unfolds its phantom wings

and practices.


(P.K. Page)
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