Steve Berman Potery

Icarus

How I hated them


the cautionary words my father spoke

don’t set your course too high he said stay close to me


we’ll keep within a reasonable distance
of earth’s cooling vapors


don’t overreach yourself

but how could I not seize the moment


after feeling that first exultation
and oh how close I came


I could have simply reached out


and touched the god himself


source of all earthly life


our one true father


no, I have not the least regret


that one moment of ecstasy


of weightless flight as I began


my precipitous descent


was worth whatever price


even my life

Steve Berman

October 15, 2020

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