On Icarus' Wings Poem by Alonso Menendez

I came upon a body broken
Whose last words to me were spoken
“To the sun I flew too near
Now I lay dying here
I was Icarus, these were my wings”
Then I removed from him those broken things
As he took one last breath
And slipped off quietly to his death
Then an idea came to mind
My sweet angel I could now find
Repair these wings of feather and wax
Attach them securely to my back
Spread those wings on to the sky
To take me up so very high
On Icarus' wings I soar
To my love forever more
Higher, higher, ever higher I go
Earth getting smaller far below
I see my angel by the sun
When I reach her my flight is done
A little more I'm almost there
But suddenly I become aware
Sun melts these wings again
And I feel hot wax cause seering pain
The warning given I did not heed
So now I pay for my careless deed
Plunging down towards oblivion
For coming to close to the sun
But it's alright because in a while
I'll awake in heaven to my angel's smile