NaPM April 2nd 2019

[Todd]

First Flight
 
Your parents know best
said every parent. Why
should I take advice you never followed
at my age? I should have
paid more attention to candles,
but then I’d be like you bent over
a book. Wings are not fins to skim
the waves’ surface. I was the one who leapt
from the ledge first. They all know
my story now. Everyone imagines
golden feathers falling like rain.
They warn children not to reach too high.
At least I tried to touch the sun.