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[[MORE]]❝ my icarus, with all your warnings — 404: heart not found — and all those so sorry signs — better luck next time! — my icarus, with all your faults — strapping wings of wax to my hopes — my icarus, laughing, pulling me along — and the earth falling away beneath my feet — my icarus, my icarus, watching me fly too close to the sun again—
and i fall—
and i fall—
and i fall— ❞
— by sumayyah a. ✧ kaatiba.com ✧ march poetry prompts by @nixscriptum
i am obsessed with the story of Icarus
he was trapped for so long
and finally
finally
free
free as a bird
or maybe he thought he was one
people say he was stupid for ignoring his father’s warning
but really
if you could fly
feel Helios’s kisses on your shoulders
your neck and face and back
feel the wind below you
wouldn’t you fly higher too?
if you could feel the salt spray from Poseidon’s depths below,
and see Ouranos’ expanse above you,
wouldn’t you fly higher?
if you could go where no mortal had gone before,
wouldn’t you push the limit?
his father warned him not to fly too high,
but it was him who put Icarus in that position
who allowed him to fly
he could finally escape
and there was his father
dragging him down
down
down
like gravity
Icarus didn’t fly too close to the sun because he was greedy or foolish
but because he was free
and maybe he laughed as he fell
maybe his final moments were happy
moments of freedom, and warmth, and light,
his love for Helios
and if his last moments were happy and light,
rather than living under his father’s control,
his weight
who are we to call it a tragedy?
who are we to define Icarus as foolish,
when he chose godly love,
romance,
Helios,
he chose freedom,
and warmth
being immortalized,
literally falling for Helios
being known for his love and his hope,
he chose passion and life and death and feeling alive and falling
feeling alive
even if just for a few minutes
so who are we to define his happiness as a tragedy?
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring
a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry
of the year was
awake tingling
near
the edge of the sea
concerned
with itself
sweating in the sun
that melted
the wings’ wax
unsignificantly
off the coast
there was
a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning
By William Carlos Williams
I genuinely can’t cet over how gorgeous the imagery in the opening cutscenes of Icarus are
Like the gold and the heart?
The butterflies???
The prospector in the meadow????
“Everyone says that he fell because he flew too close to the sun,” his father said, “but he flew, do you see what I mean, Son? He was able to fly. It doesn’t matter if you fall, if you were a bird for even just a few seconds.” - Agustina Bazterrica, Tender is the Flesh, 2017
Kaysha Siemens, Mnemosyne: Icarus. Private commission. Oil on board. 2019.
Recognizing a parallel between 3 of my favorite romances, which is when person A comes onto person B, who is too preoccupied to reciprocate right now, but absolutely intends to cash in on that Later
Thousands of years later, read by millions of people, a tale known by heart by society, and yet I still want to rip my heart out over the last few passages of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus.
Shh, little boy, no need to cry. I will hold you in my arms, surround you with my care for you.
You have fallen far and you have fallen hard. Little boy, how did you feel when you flew? Little boy, close your eyes and rest your head in my lap. The seagrass will bend and be a pillow to you, the fish will swarm and be your blanket.
Shh, little boy, soon you will know peace. Your father cries out to you, yet he’ll never reach you.
He will dig a grave for the son he’ll never bury and he’ll give me the name of the son he’ll never bury.
Shh, little Icarus.
Tonight’s planned stream will be going:
Icarus at 18:00 Pacific with @starlitprism
Core Keeper approximately two hours later, when KeelaSnep joins us
And then back to Icarus once the drowsy snep departs.
Join us for adventures in other worlds! twitch.tv/kassil
“ Icarus ”
The only time I get to feel warm is that tiny moment before my hand reaches the fire.
absolut insane and, speechless making too, so lets have a look on this history making version from this incredible Icarus song, love it soo much and our stunning girls too, hihihihihihihihihihihihihi
