Poem #25: "Icarus"

"Icarus"

when i fly

i free my mind of chains

internal fire

to disconnect from mortal gains

when i fly

i seem to walk between

two worlds

the pain impossible, unseen

when i fly i seem

my awareness to dissolve

from this world, a disconnect

between mind and heart to absolve

to free

from unseen guilt

that blankets my soul,

like a thickened quilt

from unresolved

traumas, forgotten tears

that come up

to undissolved fears

to fix

my needed

disconnection

seeded

by darkness of a void

internal fire too intense

for me so i fly

away from the immense

heat - or cold, stare

of a world unsuspecting

that a soul is overcome

by darkness, and disconnecting

when i fly, my mind

is not of gratitude but lust

my plastic face may not express this, but

for me to escape, it's a must

that i find peace within when

my internal flame still burns

i fly because this way,

the world around me turns

into paradise - or so i think,

so when i fly into my place

i lust for loving peace

to shine into my heart-space

or i disconnect. i cannot handle

the pain, so when i fly

i look for love or a little

inside, i die.

(c) TheLegendaryDreamer

Written January 2013.