Hello, dear readers!
I’m back with more poetry, if you couldn’t tell. I really love this poem, as the thought of Icarus being in love with the sun I think shows a side of love and relationships that happen too often. Icarus represents someone in love with someone who they think will complete them. Ignoring all the warning signs, they continue to pursue it, until they are burnt and start to fall. They end up in a place that is the farthest thing from what they love, because to remember that person is too painful. After reading it, though, if you have another possible meaning, I’d love to hear it! I think poetry is so beautiful in the way that it allows us to find so many different meanings from just one thing.
icarus fell in love with the sun
Everyone says Icarus fell
But I do not think that is all true
I think Icarus fell in love with the sun
With its warming rays
That coaxed the darkness from his bones
And poured light into his veins
But as Icarus flew
Higher and higher
Reaching out for a lover far too dangerous
For his hollow bones
Love is a deadly thing
And the sun is never gentle
So when Icarus flew
He also burnt
The warning rays now whips of fire
Tearing along his sides
The light in his veins
Now an inferno in his blood
Icarus fell in love with the sun
But love is a deadly thing
And so Icarus fell into the icy water below
That reminded him of nothing of the sun
Because love is a deadly thing
And flying has a way of making one fall
Into the danger below
Because love unrequited
Might be the most dangerous of all
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