a dream response

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    • catarino
    • Cultures come to conquer and their gods applaud.

    a dream response
    i flew-

    the sun's long fingers set my hair on fire,
    my face began to melt.
    inside a godly halo, golden-

    i resisted-

    fighting desperately against my own angelic beauty,
    hands wrapped crooked, reaching
    back behind me, feeling
    for the wings to rip
    them from my skin.

    denying any attachment to the sky.
    my eyes resist me still,
    holding on to butterflies.

    where is death?

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    Jay690P commented on a dream response

    06-04-2009

    Wonderful Icarus-poem; it increases the enthusiasm I have already expressed about some of your other work. You make me feel ashamed of not having been more energetic.
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    jademelissa74 commented on a dream response

    06-03-2009

    I have enjoyed reading this poem. You have a way with words. It is a very interesting piece. Once again, you have reached the reader. Great Job :))
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    dahlusion commented on a dream response

    05-01-2009

    Beautifully surreal with poetic lightness. "where is death?" —— well, it's already here, open your hand and see the emptiness.
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    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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