Don’t go
\nDon’t go
\nhis father said.<\/p>\n
Don’t fly
\nDon’t fly<\/p>\n
Keep your feet on the ground
\nand your heart at home<\/p>\n
But Icarus went<\/p>\n
Icarus flew
\nup towards the sun
\nand the shadow
\nthat he saw there
\nthe shadow he’d dreamt of
\nthe shadow he’d missed
\never since he was young<\/p>\n
And as he rose
\nabove the clouds
\nas his eyes wept
\nfrom the brightness of the sun
\nand his arms faltered
\nfrom the weight of his wings
\nand questions
\nand doubts
\nclouded his mind
\na voice said
\ndown to him<\/p>\n
“Our father had wings, but was afraid to fly”
\n“Our father had eyes but was afraid of what he might see”
\n“Our father had a wife, and was afraid she’d be free.”
\n“Our father had children, but was afraid we’d leave.”<\/p>\n
And Icarus looked up at the shadow above him
\nand saw
\nthe sister
\nof whom he’d always dreamt<\/p>\n
And Icarus looked down
\nat their house below them
\nand at the sky around them
\nand the world
\nthat stretched out
\nbigger and bigger
\nas he rose
\nhigher and higher<\/p>\n
He held out his hand
\nto his sister above him
\nand she took it
\nand held it
\nand never let go
\nand together they flew
\nthey flew<\/p>\n
They flew<\/p>\n
___________<\/p>\n
Notes:<\/p>\n
1. Written on August 10th, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br> Don’t go Don’t go his father said. Don’t fly Don’t fly Keep your feet on the ground and your heart at home But Icarus went Icarus flew up towards the sun and the shadow that he saw there the shadow he’d dreamt of the shadow he’d missed ever since he was young And as he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[20,21,710,123,739,604,32],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-thousand-and-one-tales","tag-a-thousand-and-one-tales","tag-fairy-tales","tag-flying","tag-freedom","tag-icarus","tag-myths","tag-sisters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Support An Accumulation Of Things<\/a><\/h3>If you like the things you've read here please consider subscribing to my patreon<\/a> or my ko-fi<\/a>. <\/br><\/br>Patreon subscribers<\/a> get not just early access to content and also the occasional gift, but also my eternal gratitude. Which I'm not sure is very useful, but is certainly very real.<\/br><\/br>(Ko-fi contributors<\/a> probably only get the gratitude I'm afraid, but please get in touch if you want more). <\/br><\/br>Thank you!<\/i><\/br><\/br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"