I saw the shadow of Icarus on the wall
\nDid he know he was not the first to fall
\nHubris\u2026 pride\u2026 arrogance\u2026 hardly new concepts<\/p>\n
He stretched his fingers up high
\nTrying so hard to touch the sky
\nTo touch something far beyond his precepts<\/p>\n
He was young and he would live forever
\nWith wings they fashion of wax and feather
\nNo knowing the gods are jealous of their creation<\/p>\n
They sit in the sky on iron thrones
\nImprisoned by their own gravestones
\nAnd wishing that they could also reach for ascension<\/p>\n
Wax will melt and men with fall
\nForgetting that it comes to us all
\nAnd certain that we will be immortal<\/p>\n
As he fell down, I saw his shadow
\nBlack on the fields in the valley so low
\nUnprepared\u2026 unwilling\u2026 unaware\u2026 of the cost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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