Laura Zucca-Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was Springtime Bliss(January 1012).
Modern Icarus
By Laura Zucca-Scott
Like a modern Icarus
Caressing the sun
Tantalizing
Exploding
Burning dreams
Never a tomorrow
Warm hopes
Written in stone
Wrath storming
With fiery strength
All is lost
All is gained
In a flutter of wings


Short and powerful. Love it.