Daedalus
Robert T. Krantz
You asked if the rabbit
knows about the hawk
(Is it better to know?)
that tied your mind
with a frayed wire,
and you cried and cried.
How could God be so cruel?
I wanted to answer
that life can be brutal—
a bloodied knuckled bully
at the end of an alley—
but I didn’t want to worry
you with all my falcons, eagles
and owls, and every man’s
own waxed wings.
That night you dreamt
of skinless mice,
hearts pounding
in your tiny hand,
and I knew you knew
what I didn’t say,
and I did not ask
if you squeezed them.
Robert T. Krantz is a poet and writer residing in southeast Michigan. He studied at Niagara County Community College, The University of Akron and the University of Arkansas. Since 2013, Robert has has published several chapbooks and been featured in many literary journals, including Hamilton Arts and Letters, Antiphon, Grasslimb and the Pittsburgh Poetry Review. Robert works in industrial sales in the Midwest and is father to one daughter who has recently started writing poetry.
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This poem is from Robert Krantz' chapbook "Something To Cry About" available now from our sister press Cathexis Northwest Press! Click here to purchase