"I" is for Icarus

Icarus was a Greek filled with self assurance and very vain

who thought himself a god and could never imagine himself in pain

He fashioned himself wings to take flight and soar

like the gods of olden days had done so in the days of yore 

But Icarus was not a god, but simply a  very vain man

who the gods looked down upon and fashioned their own plan

for as Icarus flew to close to the sun

his wings burned off and singed his bum 

As he fell to earth he realised his own folly

that to be a god is a birthright not a calling

that his downfall was his own vanity

too late he saw to save his own sanity

He died as he lived thinking only of self

looking like a child's toy thrown off a shelf

finally learning the lesson so many have learned

if you fly to close to the sun you are bound to be burned

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