I remember Icarus well, he
Was a boy made from tiger tooth
He used to pedal through the
Empty, worn streets, on his bicycle.
Another stretch of night sky,
The lamplights, nothing but crash-landed
Stars. He’d meet me at the corner,
Where we’d swap secrets, waiting
For dawn to come and turn us
Into nothing more than whispers, washed
He used to speak, lopsidedly,
Used to kiss that way, too.
Always half-grinning, as he
Curled his hands into my hair, as
If he meant to pull daisies from
He used to tell me that he liked
Me, because I carried a pair
Because for a second, I would
When I came crashing back
Caught in my hair, from my
From my stray curls, and would
As if I were truly an angel
Icarus and I, weren’t lovers, although
We used to sit in his parked car,
I remember it was shitty, but the paint
Was bright red, like my mother’s lipstick.
We’d listen to Danzig, and I’d trace
White, and ghostly. As if moonlight
Glimmered from inside of him, like
Sometimes, he’d hold his breath,
As my fingers traced his skin -
I would sometimes count the seconds
That passed in the silence, and
Would wonder, if this is what it
As if it were the last trail to salvation.
When I held him, it was like
And when he’d pull away, I suddenly
Felt, without her blessed salt water
When the ocean kisses the shore,
Does she leave her with chapped lips
And a longing, that threatened to
I think about this, as he’s leaving me
On my driveway. Peering at me
Through the passenger window,
His eyes full of warm honey, and
June evenings that taste like
I feel a star drop onto my shoulder.
Boys with wings, is that they
Will always love the sky more
Than they’ll ever love you.
The afternoon was hot, and smelled
I wore a white dress to the bus stop,
And waited for somewhere to
A place where I, do not feel
When Icarus fell from the sky,
I could feel it in my rib cage.
As if my body were the shattered dawn,
And he was the last star, torn
I didn’t cry, when I could feel
His heart beat, unwrap itself from my
However, I waited there, at the
Met somewhere, and looked towards
Suddenly, I too, wished for wings.
And a place, for my cracked-heart
A place, that ached, just as much
How To Love A Boy With Wings by @thehorrcr