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Daedalus’s Regret

The Penitent Father

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished 4 months ago • 1 min read
Daedalus’s Regret
Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash

An inventor first, a father last

I realized my true pride too late

When I saw that dot falling

Straight down, down from the sky

I could not catch him

That was when I

Knew that I

Had failed

Him

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Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

Learn more about me: thewritersscrapbin.com

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    Written by Stephanie Hoogstad