the fall of Icarus

all that was seen were two 
distorted wings sinking in
the water and a boy turned blue
beneath its rolling waves

I often wonder if Daedalus cried
because he didn’t want to spend
his last moments scolding his
beloved son. his grief & flight.

I knew a woman like Icarus
she flew too close to the sun,
she wanted to escape imprisonment 
by becoming like he…