Becoming a shadow puppet <br />How many friends can I scare away today? <br />Praying won’t redeem my strife <br />That cannonball lodged in my chest <br />Doesn’t excuse my arrogance <br /> <br />Covetous infant so flirty <br />Retched tongue flapping filthy <br />As if I deserve you <br />Or your love <br /> <br />Lightning cracks my skull <br />In a bolt of shame <br />That dented door <br />Conceals the trap beneath <br />Begging me to fall <br /> <br />Your light so infectious <br />Compels me with wonderment <br />I clutch at the mist <br />When I should be basking <br /> <br />My forked hiss <br />Proves a betrayal <br />Of all the hope I’ve discovered <br />Within your dancing eyes <br />The galaxies sing <br /> <br />If the angel of our dream <br />Takes flight from sight <br />My sorrow shall linger <br />From my own contempt<br /><br />John Weber<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/icarus-plunge/
