Too close to the sun
I reach, and I fly
You, radiance and magic
Melt away my wings
Mythology
Time through the eyes of the gods
And in a moment
We realized that time didn’t exist
For we had lived something eternal
In this life so ephemeral.
We asked the sky
Who lightly laughed back
And winked at us with warm eyes
And whispered over the sea and through the leaves…
This is an excerpt of a poem from Grains of Sand. To read the full poem, you can download the book via Kindle or purchase the paperback from Amazon.
Grains of Sand
COPYRIGHT © 2016 by Colton Babladelis
Excerpt appears courtesy of Winter Goose Publishing
Limnian Sunset
This breathtaking view was about 100 meters high on a cliff overlooking the sea. From up here, when the sun was JUST right, you could actually see Mt. Athos on the mainland. Limnos is a Greek island just off the Turkish coast, and has been discussed as far back as Homer.
A Poetic Voyage 