They say that Icarus’s story is a cautionary tale
of how a youth’s life was cut short
because he flew too close to the sun.
But what they overlook is that
Icarus had lived more in a few seconds
than others had lived in a lifetime.
Icarus was never meant to live a long life.
He was meant to live.
And in those short moments,
he lived more than most.
He flew higher
than any mortal
had ever dreamed.
He was so close that
if he had reached out a bit more,
he could have touched the sun.
And when Icarus fell from the sky,
he wasn’t afraid,
he was elated.
With the air beneath him,
and the blue sky above him,
Icarus wasn’t falling.
His soul was still soaring
towards the warmth
of the immortal sun.
Nguyet Mai 
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