A bright new sun and playful wind, Threading wooden hulls, Along the canvas of the sea, Propelling billowing clouds, Along the burning morning sky,
A bright new sun and wings of wax, Dripping onto an exposed back, Flying, hoping, Burning, Falling,
A bright new sun and a cold, endless sea, Quenching flesh in brine, Soothing youthful innocence, The canvas swells, clouds left rolling, As a new sun rises, the day begins.
The is an ekphrastic poem about The Fall of Icarus, a painting by Pieter Bruegel.