LISTEN

How long can a person go

Without being heard,

Before it drives them mad?

.

How long can a voice

Fade into nothing,

Until its host follows?

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.