Icarus

[mroning tide]

EDIT 1
horror is not sudden
it happens slowly
how many fathoms will I have to wait
until the water will hold my body?

I fell from air into water
losing my breath in the rush

horror happens slowly
lungs gasp in reflex
for a while

Daedalus, the wings you made me
fan skeletal like fins
mocking us in their waves of embrace

horror happens slowly
a blossoming bruise
budding under skin

ORIGINAL
I fell from a great height
from air into water
plummeting
losing my breath in the rushing air
smashed into a neglectful cradling slow fall

horror is not sudden
it happens slowly
how many fathoms will I have to wait
until the water will hold my body?

horror happens slowly
the hope-lung gasps in reflex
for a while

you fell first
and I followed

horror happens slowly
a blossoming bruise
budding under skin