The Flight of Icarus

Hurry fast we don't have time!
We will pay for our crime,
Our hour glass is running out,
Hurry uncle the enemy's about.
You know they're coming,
You know we won't last,
So hurry my uncle,
Build these wings fast.

Hush my boy the time is not right,
I've finished the wings,
We wait til' the night.
At sundown we fly to escape our doom,
It's the only way,
To escape danger's womb.

Darkness has fallen take to the air,
Fly low but the ground beware.
When sunrise comes stay low to the sky,
Or your wings will melt and soon you will die.

Feel the wind in your hair,
The freedom of your limbs,
Today we become outlawed,
It was our choice to sink or swim.

Flight makes you feel powerful,
Immortal to all,
But be careful young one,
You don't want to fall.

I am all powerful,
Uncle you must see,
I will kill the Gods,
A hero I'll be.

I am above them,
Stronger the Ares,
Feared more than Zeus,
Wilder than Artemis,
It's time to let loose.

Up I will go,
Toward their hot sun,
Before out of reach,
But that time is now done.
I can reach I know I can,
I'll show the God's the power of man.

Feathers are falling,
What's going on,
The sun's getting smaller,
My power is gone.
Uncle help me!
I'll listen next time!
I didn't mean this,
My hubris to climb.

But uncle couldn't Save poor Icarus that day,
He fell to his death, on the ground he lay,
He defied the Gods by rising above,
That power's reserved for Olympus' love.

Reviews

[Odayin]

I am quite impressed with your ability to remain true to the legend's storyline while also sticking to rhyme scheme. Your interpretations were accurate and the story sounded like it usually does with it's lesson and reasons. I like this one, keep it up

[Crifa]

Thanks Sophie I was trying to remember. I probably could've gotten them right but I was trying to get this down before I was too tired to write. I'm going to change it thanks again

[Sophie]

Great poem! I really liked it.
My only critique thing:
I am above them,
Stronger the Ares,
Smarter than Zeus,
Wilder than Athena,
It's time to let loose

in this stanza, I could be wrong, or maybe I misinterpreted, or I need to brush up on my Greek mythology, Zeus wasn't actually very smart. Athena was the Goddess of wisdom, so I think that would fit better. Also, maybe instead of Athena, you meant Artemis, who was the Goddess of the hunt and animals, which would explain 'wilder'. For Zeus, I don;t know what I'd use for that though.

Great poem! Keep writing.