Self Determination, by Icarus

Self Determination

It’s never free

There is always a cost

Self determination

Requires

Casting off the yoke

Letting go of the world

Free from others condemnation

You are free to pursue

Your own course of action

2015-01-12-22-48-02 I’m on to something new Just trying to get over you What in the world am I thinking? Was it really that much?

2014-12-29-22-53-36_poetryx choose each moment how to act what to say

2015-01-01-19-13-39_poetryx World Divided I sit here alone waiting on the edge harsh reality

One more meeting Just one more Rendezvous And the courage To speak up

Letting go Is not a choice That I can just make There are no simple steps I can mechanically perform

I want to have it all A full meal with all the flavors Of the single morsel You fed me

I broke something beautiful I had prior commitments I was not free to live out that fantasy

The cherry red tip of ash falls from her cigarette to make love with a dry autumn leaf and set the forest ablaze.

The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley

One year ago We were nearly lovers One year ago The closest of friends One year ago

Here comes the rain To wash away All the things the could have been Here comes the rain ( again) A cleansing flood

When I got over the hill the girls hooted and I skated down the fun side of the arched bridge over the river. Carving hard

Too long trapped Hopeless and caged Owned and enraged I saw a way out Extinguished my apathy

For an instant I touched it Greatness was upon me I wonder Do you know it?

It has never changed My heart’s inclination. I am still drawn to you. Having known you I cannot see you