he sneers at the sun in ambitious spite:
his hands are smooth, porcelain, and fragile.
within his eyes, a tenacious fire glows bright,
with his wings of wax, he is nothing but agile.
liberty tastes momentarily sweet;
the salty waves below crash in endless beat.
from his father's lips escape a cry of anguish
while the boy looks back with a grin—impish.
o, little did he know of his impending doom
as his wings of wax melted, unfolding as a flower in bloom.
icarus feels the sharp air zip by his ears
each plummeting second, confirming his looming fears.
the collision produces an unbearably faint splash
as icarus' quick life was snuffed out in a flash.
About the Creator
ruth
"She could not, however, spend much time looking back; what was coming into view in the forward direction was too exciting."
(C.S. Lewis)
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Published on the 18th of May, 1953, ‘Go Tell it on the Mountain’ became the book that James Baldwin is probably most famous for. Including the very real impacts of violence upon the African American community during a time of turbulence for Civil Rights, James Baldwin became an absolute superstar not just of his race, but of the oppressed in every situation, in every country, all over the world. From Palestine to the Civil Rights Movement, from the LGBTQA+ to Muslim Migrants from war-torn countries, James Baldwin is the voice of the oppressed not just through the way he presents the division, but the way he presents a reality that the oppressors could not possibly be aware of. A reality in which every day is a fight to survive. What makes this even more real is that this is a semi-autobiographical novel. In my personal opinion, James Baldwin was the most articulate man in history.
By Annie Kapur7 days ago in Geeks
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