Icarus, My Darling Boy

Pressure on a child to do better than than the parent, to find a riskfuk and tarnished success.

Icarus, my darling boy,
You may one day reach the sky,
And touch the sun with your small hands.
I hope that it does not burn you.
I hope that it is not cruel.
I hope that you may feel it's fire,
that you may not fall.

Please, my darling Icarus,
Do not follow me -
Leave the maze that is your life,
For swailing destiny.
I will not let you find me.
I will not let you cry.
But you must find your fate
Through this long missed goodbye.

Reviews

[Nismo]

This is great! It seems like something Ovid could write himself. Having read metamorphoses myself, I enjoyed reading this

[Livy S Palmer]

Thanks! This is really appreciated. :-)