RTL ~ Icarus and Daedalus

"Take Flight"

I saw two creatures today.

They were exploring the sky like some of our kind.

They did not look like us,

and they did not sound like us.

The larger of the two soared in front,

oblivious to the smaller one's antics.

With wings larger than possible, the smaller one rose higher and higher towards the sun.

But ah, he had not known the consequences of his own exploration.

Not until it was too late.

Not until he became too close to the magnificent heat of the sun.

Then his wings were trembling,

until finally, they fell apart.

Feather

by

Feather, they danced towards the sea.

Until the little creature was falling,

falling,

plummeting,

to his unforgiving ocean grave below.

Then his body broke through the transition between water and sky,

and he did not resurface to breathe.

~Amy, 3/18/09