When you sleep next to me
and I lie still
the first to wake this morning
I listen to you
your breathing
and everything's calm

The rest of the world
outside this apartment
isn't important

The only action worth
action
is stroking your hair
softly
so you won't wake up

The only thought
"beautiful"
the only feeling
love

They can't find advice
in the skies
or solace
in the woods
anymore,
for society has closed it off.

What's wrong with society today?
So many sad eyes in smiling faces
So many scars on so many souls

Building cities on a planet where nature
is now a rarity
That's what's wrong with society today

You don't see me;
you never did.
Why did it have to be her
that you turned you gaze to?
I am crying.
It's impossible to even think
to put anyone else
above you.
But you've already got her
way
way above me.

Icarus flew too close to the sun
not because he was
prideful
inattentive
or reckless

it was because he had talked to the sun
and the sun to him
promises of joy, of light for forever
but the sun didn’t need to keep his promise
for the sun is a god
and gods are above the rules
and so Icarus
fell
fell
fell
into the ocean