Heron (Ardeidae): Long-legged birds typically found in marshes and swamps. They catch prey by standing quietly in shallow water and waiting for fish to swim by.
I don't think she would have minded
if she had been a waterfall
in the crevice of a lonely forest
her tears cascading into moonlight
weeping the melody of a forsaken star
for that was the nature of her existence -
she fell
and she felt
so deeply
her waters
could drown
her soul
and
her beauty
was the beauty of solitude,
glimpsed
for an
ephemeral moment
before fading
into darkness
like sunset
dissipates to dust.
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On Icarus Wings
Puisibut what became of the boy whose dreams were carried on broken angel wings?
