Daedalus and Icarus

The night turns bright but the haunt lies still

Our hero Daedalus wakes up, tears running down his face

Homer says, not a regular hero, not a regular epic

He had fulfilled his journey home, gained nothing but regrets

That’s the spoiler of the story

Poseidon says,

He was gifted as a craftsman, poisoned by jealousy, sent to Island of Crete

He is pushing the limit of humans, crossing the boundary of gods

I am going to curse the king’s wife, make him fall from his own ego

Now he is imprisoned in this high tower with his only son

Trapped in the prison of his own making

That’s the beginning of the story

But nothing stops the hero from going home in an epic

The doer always finds his way to undo what he has done

There are two ways left to escape for him to choose

To become bird, or to become god

He chooses the former while his son Icarus chooses the latter

Birds don’t get annoyed being imitated, but gods do

That’s the rule of the story

Apollo says,

No one can fly so high to reach my temple

The arrogant Icarus must pay for his ignorance

His dream is being stripped away as well as his feathers

His father is being left with nothing more than remorse.

The authority of gods is inviolable.

In the end, like other heros, our hero managed to go home.

But no evoking of praises and tears

But only to keep in mind

Humanity is not divine.

Divinity is not humane.

That’s the moral of the story.