Best Poems Written by Anya Smith

Icarus

You think you know my story,
The boy who flew too close to the sun 
But did you know how I longed for the marks of Apollo’s love upon my skin,
How the melting wax branded me with hope and freedom
You think ambition is my harmatia
When In reality it was Eros
Love 
One of our 7 words for it 
I did it for Apollo 
My final gift to him 
In the hopes that, one day, 
We could be together - side by side
watching the world from the golden chariot on which upon he travels 
And just as I fell into love with him 
I fell once again 
This time for the last time 
You knew I fell 
But did you know I smiled as I did

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