Stained Monochrome Wings

Stains of Sorrow

05-15-13

My wings still soar

despite the stains

of sorrow

and the cracks

on the surface.

They are monochrome!

Once translucent, iridescent but

stained with

black over time,

but beautified.

Gilded wings no more

despite this I soar,

resisting the air

and falling from grace

down to this earth.

Will my wings shatter

on the way down

with the abrasiveness

of the abuse?

They fade to gray

from the black

and I learn to embrace the air

on the way down

collaborating with the elements

that shape and texturize

these monochrome wings