When I first laid eyes upon you, I couldn’t help but gravitate towards your radiance. I wasn’t the only one who had felt the same; everytime you would walk into a room, heads would turn and marvel at the beauty you are. I was the most surprised when you had laid your own eyes on me, noticing the ordinary person in the crowd. You wanted to know more about me and so I told you everything; my hopes, dreams, and fears. You told me that I was beautiful and that I was an angel. When you reached your hand out towards me, I could feel myself reaching out to take itdesperate to know how it feels like to touch a star.
The moment our fingers grazed each other, I felt as if I could fly. You gifted me with wings and showed me a world that I never could have seen in my dreams. Obstacles that had once towered over my small form on the earth were now miniscule from the view of the heavens. You became my sun- my god; I being your faithful cherub.
You taught me how to exist, how to grow in this new world- how to grow with you. As time went on, we soared through new heights and skies. My wings grew as well as I was always ever so faithful to you. Soon enough, I became the only thing filling our skies, chasing away the clouds and birds that dared disrupt your light. I wanted to show the world below how bright you shined; however, I also wanted to keep you for myself. I couldn’t help but selfishly keep all your attention on me. The light you gave me made me feel as if I was the most precious thing in the world. The thought of no longer being your angel had become my biggest fear.
But no matter how many clouds I had blown away or how many birds that I struck down, your light began to dim. I hadn’t noticed it at first- I was busy clearing the sky of anything that polluted the world’s view of you. But soon, I had begun to notice the shadows dancing on the ground below, despite not having anything in the sky to block your light.
At first, I believed that it was something polluting the air- something that was destroying your light. I did my best to rid you of anything that was harmful. Until I realized what was stealing your light.
Me.
And so, my wings melted away and I fell into the ocean abyss.
As I began to sink, I bathed in your light before I succumbed to the darkness below
This was very deep and very good the gravitation you feel by some people you and the impact you have on them and the effects that the have on your life is very intense and well written. I really enjoyed reading your piece. -Nya Clemons
ReplyDeleteThis is a very introspective piece, and I appreciate that. It takes a very clever pen to be able to explore such a deep and complex topic in the way that you do, and it's done beautifully here. We can do everything in our power to try and protect someone or something we care about, but it's particularly rare for us to understand - much less so accept - that we ourselves may be the cause of that person's suffering. I think you did a great job of exploring the harmful effects of overprotection, nice work!
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I loved this piece Karol! The emotion and the self realization of doing harm was very well written. Great job! - Kira S
ReplyDeleteThis piece was beautiful. I love the connection to the tale of Icarus. The language and the words were enrapturing and you did a spectacular job. I'm speechless.
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Loved the imagery as it relates to some relationships, good job! I especially liked the sort of twist in the analogy, where instead of the sun destroying Icarus, it was Icarus stealing/hiding away the light from the sun, very profound
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