"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
Eckhart Tolle

Sunday, June 6, 2010

a heart without wings osi #119 Icarus


It melted away

As I fall without a parachute

The heat is undeniable

The soar is unmistakable

I ascend and plummet all at once

16 comments:

  1. Great take on Icarus. Nicely done.

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  2. Who would need a parachute if he had wings!
    Answer: Someone headed for a fall. Oops
    ..

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  3. Incredible piece - I love the final line!

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  4. The last line is brilliant. Excellent example of how intense emotion can be best
    expressed concentrated into a few words. Love the pic as well.

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  5. I've always loved the Icarus myth. I like how you combine the exhilaration of soaring and plunging.

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  6. Sweetest Gale
    Thanks for saying so!
    Pamela

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  7. Thanks for saying so and thanks for the link
    I am always looking for new prompt pages!
    Pamela

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  8. yr poem has beautiful rhythm of the fall of icarus...

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  9. Thanks pop so nice of u to say!
    Pamela

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