He rose on wings of feather and wax

The wind through his hair, he felt no care

He was told to not fly too high or low

And then he heard the sun god call

Driven to its rays, the warmth he craved

He flew too close as if to defy its might

The sun took slightly at this mortal’s dare

And sent its wrath to school the fool

The wax now melting his wings no more

Icarus fell to his death no less.

His name now a warning to the daring souls

A cruel lesson echoed forever

They’ll say beware; they’ll say take care;

No desire is worth risking it all

But what they never say, is how he laughed

As he fell from high for the seas to swallow

For he knew what he’d seen, he’d felt, was his to own

That no other man was privy to such bliss

Icarus flew too close to the sun, we know

But at least, he flew.

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