Whom Gods Destroy*

by G. Jack Urso

 
 

on the edge of my sky i flew

bidding God adieu

flying fallen

for all to see

like a somber

slain Icarus

of  humanity

 

The Fall of Icarus by Henri Matisse



binding my dreams

with the schemes

of a liar's parallax

and rising up on wings

with a melting heart of wax

 

our lives are not our own

so you'll understand

if i die by my hand

the papers will have lied

if they say suicide

for like Jesus Christ

i am crucified

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* “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” — Prometheus in the poem “The Masque of Pandora” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1875.