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Placed Third in: Myth and Memory Poery Contest of Vanya Evangeline
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The Wings of Icarus
Source Material: Wikipedia-Icarus
No of Words : 269
"Pride, a bug that grips many men
Extends apace far wide and tall,
Distances relatives and friends
And was the cause of Satan`s fall."- By Author
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The Wings of Icarus
To escape pangs of detention
And breathe air of liberation
Daedalus, skilful in his art,
Built a flying device, quite smart,
With feathers as wings, sealed with wax
For himself and his son to track;
Warning his lad with anxious eye,
He asked sun`s rays not to defy
Nor fly low to inhale sea`s breath
But follow mid path above earth,
Wisdom, proven over the age,
Insight held by saints and sages.
Icarus, awestruck in his soul,
Felt freedom grasp its upper toll,
He soared on beyond the thin air
Figuring the taste with a flair,
He ascended the outer space
Where hottest lights dangle apace.
Yet, pride and hubris, a disease
That never keeps the soul at ease,
In silence whispered in his ears
Not to give way to whims of fears,
But to wheel up to brighter rays
Where angels and gods swing and sway;
Swollen with pride, he dived up high
Without any strata of sigh,
The sun`s fierce stare, its burning flare
Melted the wax, halted the fare,
With quills loose, down Icarus fell
In depth of the sea, like in hell;
The sea, he feared, now claimed its prize
With broken dreams, reduced to size:
Let`s learn from this tale, myth`s deep lore
Our goals to reach, but fly no more
Than wisdom`s counsel, clear and true
Lest sun and sea would claim us too.
Let`s learn pride to hold within bounds
Keep our flight within reach of grounds
Endeavour not to soar too high
Aspire not to outreach the sky
As flames may consume us alive
If with conceit, we try to thrive.
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