SECRET WINGS
I had wings
and hovered
high above
a steel-span
and watched
our family car
drop
into night.
I kicked my legs and
stretched my wings
in panicked air
too thick for flight.
I fell and tumbled
entangling wings and arms.
Sunlight licked
my eyes
my wings
dissolved.
dissolved.
I stumbled out of bed
as clumsy as a boy
half removed from sleep.
I checked outside the window -
our family car
squatting in the drive
as safe as steel.
At breakfast
my mother asked
how I slept.
I frowned
and shrugged
my secret wings.
