Farewell to Ikarus

You were not born to fall

Your heavenly birthright suggests the sky

Leave off your waxen wings

And trust your soul to Adoni

  

True, you were proud

And seemed to shine sublimely

But you flew on wings

Not crafted divinely

  

Your own will and ways

Were not enough, they failed

And short you fell of heaven's rays

Behind your broken works trailed

Hard you hit the earth

Great was your demise

But through it you learned

The fear that makes us wise

  

Leave off the sadness

Embrace the Star of Morning

His light will warm your heart

His wings will set you soaring

  

Seraph now you shall be called

Singing in Daylight's grace

Resting in His wing's shadow

Joyful before His face

No longer crippled

Maimed and bruised by sin

Raidiant, redeemed raising

Eternal songs for Him

originally published June 20, 2011