Brogue 2007 - Belhaven College

You and I
D A V I D R A H A I M
we are one winged angels,
heads in the clouds,
heals dragging dust.
And I drop my left side,
you, your right.
you,
t h e b r o g u e
Pick yourself up to fly with me,
I say, you lean too far left.
pick your left side up. It is too heavy
for me.
And so we spiral.
But there is love there,
we just can’t see for all the spinning clouds,
the spinning earth.
Today on TV.
I saw a man jump from a balloon
What bravery is this?
or foolishness…
Oh, woman, we are damned together,
one wing each torn away
But, if it is our destiny
to fall as Icarus
fell,
well,
so hold my hand and flap.
Maybe together,
heaven can be reached.
42
nineteen miles up
for the first freefall from space.