A/N: This is a collection of poetry from various characters' POVs. It will predominantly be Brotherhood-verse, but I may make exceptions... maybe. Really just a way for me to experiment with verse, but any and all comments would be welcome! :)
Icarus' Lament
One day I found my wings
and they were made of genius;
they gave me the power to
touch god with my left hand;
and this flight was so important
to me, you see, because
I could fly back in time on them;
they could lift me to a time
when the sun was golden on the
hills, when the air kissed my cheeks
like a damp memory, when
my mother could still take me
into her arms; and now I wonder
if I exchanged these wings for something
more precious; I lie awake at night
and cry, throat full of thorns.
Their soulless strength has
replaced my mother's songs in the
afternoon, and while I flee from the sun,
she lies cold in the ground,
a pile of feathers at her grave.