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Icarus

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Icarus
The dreamer who dreamed too high.
A myth to subdue glory-seeking youth.
It's the tale of a foolish boy who dared to try to reach the sun,
But the heat was too great,
and his make-shift wings melted,
Dooming him to the frothing waves below.

But is that really the truth?

Maybe it's not a cautionary tale,
But one of hope-
Of hope for all dreamers to come.

He didn't fail to touch the sun,
Rather he touched the greatest glory.

He soared past the bewildered birds,
On past the highest mountains,
On past cold reality
And cruel calculation
Blistering
            Blazing
                      Burning
                               Searing
                                        Soaring
                                                 Seeking

And upon finding this nova of truest truths and most joyful joys,
He broke free from his mortal shell,
Leaving his story for future dreamers to tell.
Well... this is something I wrote maybe a year ago?



I've always been slightly put off by the "moral" of this story of Icarus.

It's not really anything, but I like the idea.
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