Icarus

I used to watch Icarus
Jump across your bicep
As you moved.

Such an odd tattoo.
I never understood
How Icarus never knew
That he was too close
Damned to fall
However high he flew.

Hubris, better than the gods
I thought I could bring you through
I believed those impossible odds
You swore that you had told the truth.

But when the slow burn began
Wax dripped, came loose
I was clinging to the horizon
Reaching out for your scorching hand
Stretching out to grasp you
Obliterated in the glare
There were so many feathers
Feathers falling everywhere.