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What They Don't Tell You About Icarus Loving the Sun

P.S. Don't Fly Too Close

By Megan ConroyPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
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Ninety three million miles from earth

There I stood, flames dancing

Warm, inviting, dangerous

Holding out my hand to him

His father had warned him

As a child, with his whiskey

Fueled fists

Not to be vulnerable

Not to love

His father gave him wings

Of wax and feathers

And he was charmed by the

Danger of flying

Just as he was charmed by the

Burning light of an ember

Ninety-three million miles from earth

He could soar through the air

Without a care in his mind

Without an expectation

Except

Don’t fly too close to the sun

Ninety-three million miles from earth

There I stood, flames dancing

Warm, inviting, dangerous

Holding out my hand to him

Somedays, he allowed the flames

To keep him warm

Never close enough to ignite

A feather

He enjoyed the adrenaline that

Came from almost breaking

The rules

But not quite

Denying he was vulnerable

To the way the flames kissed

Him gently each time he

Dared to fly

His father gave him wings

Of wax and feathers

And he was charmed by the

Adrenaline that rushed through

Him when he dared to fly

His father warned him not too close

Not too close

Not too vulnerable

Not to fall in love

But one day

His wings ignited in flames

And as he fell into an ocean

As blue as his eyes

I thought

It was ironic

That while he was

Terrified of flames

He had started

A raging inferno

Inside of me

One that I hope

Never dies

heartbreak
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About the Creator

Megan Conroy

19 // sagittarius // university of iowa student // photographer + writer

instagram: @meganncarmen twitter: @sincerelymegg

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