:: icarus::: a poem

i took a lesson from icarus

that:
i'd rather go in flame & dust
than to live forever with tears of rust

that:
i'd rather reach up and touch the sun
than to leave my wonderings undone

that:
i'd rather breathe in my final breath
resting on the heat of destiny's ledge
than to suffocate on the earth below
choked by the places i didn't go

it may lead to my demise
but

oh the joy!

of reaching too high

(by: a.l.fauls 'aka: alfie'::: may 12, 2009)