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envious of the birds, i built wings..my knees ached with anticipation.
jealous of their ability to soar, i too, soared
it seemed the butterflies in my stomach lifted me.
greedy for more than just that, i flew higher.
with every flap of my wings, the sun grew larger.
and for my greed, my wax wings melted,
i plummeted down to the sea below.
as i fell, i knew:
i was never a bird, i would never fly.
i should have listened.
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Love this; very nice take on the Icarus story. I stumbled a little at "my knees ached," I admit. I was trying to figure out why making wings (arms?) would make one's knees ache. I doubt it matters.
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"my knees ached with anticipation" you've never heard that or something along those lines? just...think of when you are about to get the reply to a job or school application or whatever... nervous? knees feel strange? C:
but thanks so much (:
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I haven't. And you "made" me go to Google in case I was missing something. 
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haha oh well, but thanks so much!!
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It makes me feel...human very flesh-like and I enjoy that, great job
on this piece.
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makes me think of opportunity vs our ideas of what we want for ourselves, what society/wants/expects/needs of us
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yeah, escaping that expected boundaries that society sets for us.. exactly.
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Very nice narrative.
The story of Icarus has always been one with a moral to the story. I think it has a great deal to do with jealousy and the blindness it can cause in people.
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but super awesome poem. i always forget to put all i want to say in a comment!
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haha, i do often as well (:
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It can be somewhat annoying! But oh well!
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to put it into simpler words, tru dat .A.
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i..... cant!!!!!...... breathe!......
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you are violently affectionate. LIKE ME!!!!
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its nice, really deep lol, nd it makes me feel like weird cuz i know im gunna be jealous anyway, lol meh.
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I really like this!
To me this speaks about the consequences of achieving something....
After spending a life time running after something, you realise that you can never get it... so you end up falling behind and trying to accept the fact that you can't run that fast and that you will have to settle where you are. (I don't know if I made any sense.... in my head it did..)
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exactly!! thanks so much!! C:
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to me, this is beautiful and sad. i wouldn't change a thing. you did an excellent job with imagery in sush a short space.
i know the mythological reference, but to me the poem could be a warning against dreaming too big. the phrase i was never a bird, i would never fly. i should have listened. is heartbreaking. icarus did fly, he did succeed, but like the rest of us so often do he ran too fast and tripped over his own feet.
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many thanks!! exactly, he reached for the stars, or rather, the sun, and his wings melted and fell apart, it was human error and greed that was the downfall of him.
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