Icarus Dreams

I'm watching as

they slowly fall

And crash down

upon the rocks along

the shore -

They said to

let your dreams

fly free but all

they did was

Soar

Soar, for a moment

too near the sun

And with dripping

wax and scorched

wings, my dreams,

they all lie

dying.

© Eleanor Clark

25 April, 2017

Ariel

i would love to

disappear,

float away on
the ocean in
a string of
bubbles on the
water.

blue, green, blue
and nothingness

all

gone

away

© eleanor clark
9 April, 2017

Spring Gold

The golden petals dance
in the spring sunshine
newly born from
the hazed, grey fog
of winter to
smile in all their
newness and delight
at the universe.

Oh small petals
fluttering in the breeze
how you little you know
of hardship and
travail - and yet
your gladness melts
the sadness lying
in my heart -
even if it's only
for a moment.

29 March, 2017
© Eleanor Clark

Walking in Darkness

to lie down in the darkness,
in the hardness
of existence
and rest a while seems

but a dream to forever
chase through the muddy
effluence of being
that is life.

to lie down a while
while waiting to take
the next step in the plodding
ever onward darkness,
night unending.

I will wander in the
darkness for more
than a few hours --
I think

it does not seem
like I will ever reach
the tree at all.

© Eleanor Clark
26 August 2016