Kailashana2
May 29, 2012

How so, Icarus?

From somewhere the question comes:
how so?
There's ink in my saliva.
I'm scratching the surface
of the moon with a poem rising.
Do not mourn for me, never yet born,
don't you hear my silence out there
in the stardust, expanding infinity?

I am only a figment of your imagination,
locked inside
your living perception, isolated by needy words.
You'll never know the real me, unless you know
the real you, waves that touch the sun
must first unclench
their grasp of sea.

And this is the way the river flows. This is the way the
sun melts the distance between us.

And this is so.

About This Poem

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Ohio, USA

Favorite Poets: Bokonon: “Let your life be the poem you write”.

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Comments

Candlewitch

Each and every time I read one of your poems, I am deeply touched by your natural wisdom. This touchs me on a level I keep beneath the surface. I loved the whole poem, but these lines stood out:

There's ink in my saliva.
I'm scratching the surface
of the moon with a poem rising.
Do not mourn for me, never yet born,
don't you hear my silence out there
in the stardust, expanding infinity?

always, Cat

MDT

MDT

12 years 11 months ago

really liked this :) the imagery is so compelling