Origami Icarus

delicate folded hearts - caution, flammable

Paper fire
Burns fast,
High and bright.
The slightest breath
Lifts up the stack
Into a
Pulsing red light.

Insta color
Fades black.
Swirling drifts
Of Weightless ash
Scuttle and scour
Stony hearths
Of forsworn lips.