35. Icarus was beyond repair
History won’t recall how he was untalented
yet free, whilst his brother was gifted and caged.
How it wasn’t death by ambition but
death by adoration. And the irony
of the salt bleached bones, the burned feather stumps.
Unworkable.
And who doesn’t want to mimic their older sibling?
Too blessed for this world, Iapyx.
Kept all that time,
in the dark.
Like the winds, he would wreak havoc
just by his presence.
Unacceptable.
In the end, all their father’s skill and craft
made only labyrinths of torment.