Published by: Francen Anne Perez
Date Published: August 14, 2025
Time Published: 7:07 PM
Category: Poetry
Theme: Falling in love recklessly despite knowing it might lead drastically.
They warned me about you—
How your hands made me crave for freedom,
How your eyes pinned me mid-flight,
And your lips were air—too thin to breathe.
You are the sky I'd never dared to touch,
For every word you gave was sunlight,
I offered my ascent to your heat,
While letting the sky melt my wings.
When you smiled,
I rose.
When you kissed me,
The walls bowed and broke.
They say I was a fool,
But I will never tell how it feels,
To stand so close to the warmth,
You forget the fall.
Then shadows lengthened across your face,
And the spark slipped beyond my reach,
And it wasn't the ground that broke me,
It was the silence—
The cold water enveloping me,
Where your fire used to be.
Icarus loved the sun—
Too close, too much,
I loved you the same,
Though bound to dissolve like wax and flame,
Ironic, because I was never afraid.
The sea took him,
The years took you,
And I am left with feathers in my chest,
Still smoldering.
I loved you like Icarus loved the sun,
Even if I fade into reckless tides.
Icarus laughed as he fell;
So did I, with ribs spread open wide,
I welcomed the sea like an old promise.
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