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Icarus Rejoice

She said, love gives us wings therefore lover, we belong to the heavens... Let us abandon this frozen world and fix ourselves among the ceaseless blue stars... Higher and higher into the sky you and I will eternally fly... Let us not come too close to the sun we may burn the tips of our wings stay and be safe with me... For in your eyes is a burning sun within you I find the end of space and my wings are unpinned... ~ ~ ~

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/21/2014 8:03:00 AM

Love can be like that..Enjoyed reading your passionate work today..Thanks for the visit..Sara

Ken Carroll
Date: 3/21/2014 9:53:00 AM

Thank you Sara for stopping by!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/20/2014 9:17:00 PM

Ken, I LOVE this one. You and I both mentioned Icarus this week. A FAVE on this one.

Ken Carroll
Date: 3/20/2014 9:22:00 PM

Andrea thank you for the awesome comment and visit!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 3/20/2014 3:05:00 PM

a wonderful variation of the theme delightfully done, ken... lovely read!

Ken Carroll
Date: 3/20/2014 3:16:00 PM

Nette thank you for the delightful visit!

Robert Pettit

Date: 3/20/2014 1:38:00 PM

This is a very pretty write. I know about the Greek mythology tale of Daedalus and Icarus. Did you know there's an asteroid named Icarus that orbits the sun? It has a highly eccentric orbit that takes it inside the orbit of Mercury and just beyond the orbit of Jupiter. It came very close to the earth back in 1968.

Ken Carroll
Date: 3/20/2014 1:42:00 PM

Thanks for stopping by Robert and sharing that info about the orbiting asteroid named after Icarus.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/20/2014 12:26:00 PM

- Love will make you feel so light ... you feel like you can fly .... yes, it's true Ken - Lovely poem. - (You do not need wings :) - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Ken Carroll
Date: 3/20/2014 12:32:00 PM

Thank you Anne for the lovely visit!

Eileen Manassian

Date: 3/20/2014 12:25:00 PM

How I LOVE the story of Icarus. Simply amazing how you gave it this romantic twist. LOVELY, Ken. To my favs

Ken Carroll
Date: 3/20/2014 12:31:00 PM

Thank you Eileen, your visits are always welcomed..