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Wings Made of Wax
December 31, 2015
There’s this story
About a boy named Icarus
With wings made of wax
Who flew too close to the sun
And drowned in the sea
And it’s funny
Because he aimed for the stars
And instead of burning
He drowned.
And they use this story
To warn kids
About the limitations of humans
But I’ve always seen it
As a warning
About the limitations of wax as an adhesive
© Kaylen C., St. Clair, MI
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Completely inspired by Randall Munroe, who once said, "But I’ve never seen the Icarus story as a lesson about the limitations of humans. I see it as a lesson about the limitations of wax as an adhesive."