ICARUS

Being too comfortable in the water 

I didn’t notice I was drowning: 

An Icarus, who dove too deep.

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Now I look up at the surface

Glistening with abandoned potential, 

Helpless as I wait for sleep.

KEEP WRITING

I never wanted to be the kind of poet that writes about being sad- or about being unlucky in love. I never wanted to be the kind of artist who helped to romanticise the things that are difficult enough, on their own, to escape. 

Oh, the magic I used to chase only to be able to put in down on paper later. Glowing oceans and turbulent seas, healthy friendships and self love. Those where the things I sought too romanticise. 

But now the magic has run out and all that’s left to do is keep writing.