The Plummet of Icarus, by Electric Blue

Electric Blue

The Plummet of Icarus

Inside the sunset, fierce and fiery

My vision burned and turned black before me

And I fell, like an angel, wings ablaze

Blinded by the sun’s alluring rays

There was no tomb to catch my body

I fell like the walls of Rome

My flesh and bones crumbled into ashes

So the wind could shepherd me home

(2009)

Ironically, this was written long before I knew the myth of Daedalus and Icarus; the title came later.

#Angels #Falling #Fire #Icarus #MythRome

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