Given To Fly

Given to fly
But will these wings 
Carry me home

My head is above ground
But only for a moment
I'm given to fly
As long as I don't get too close
To the sun

Just as Icarus plunged into the sea
So have I
But an untimely death
I have yet to meet
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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