Falling for Icarus #2

Falling for Icarus #2

Falling for Icarus

was sublime while it lasted ..

But in truth,

short-lived to say the least ..

And of course,

everything and I do mean

absolutely

everything, was stacked up

against him

on that last fateful day of his ..

For starters,

the sun was too low, whilst

my word,

how the wind blew his wings

askew as the

  sea rose to meet him halfway ..

But oh’ boy,

what a learning curve, that one

final and grave,

    miscalculation of his proved to be ..