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2025-05-31
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when the wax melts

Summary:

No one ever tells you how the fall will hurt.

An interactive work inspired by the Fall of Icarus.

Notes:

  • leave creator style on
  • author is not a native english speaker
  • best read on a handheld device
  • not download friendly

spotify playlist

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

i don't blame you for trying

to fly as high as you could.

for the freezing tower you were locked in

only worsens the pull

of the intoxicating sunlight.

and no one can prepare you

for when the wax melts.

there is no flying with

featherless arms.

it is easy to sink

hanging from midair.

it will hurt.

you will drown.

the water swallows you whole.

maybe in another life

you never had to craft your freedom

out of beeswax and feathers

and there was no lock on the door

and the tower had more than a window

facing something you cannot have

and that you never had to pay

for the actions of your father.

but that maybe one day

things can turn around

and you will finally

learn to fly again.

Notes:

Thanks movacc for helping me figure out the z-indexes and making things reversii friendly!!! <333

got awful news so i listened to the spotify playlist and had breakdown while writing this 💪💪💪

horrible things can happen irl but at least fanfic is cheaper than therapy <3

Resources:

  • icarus icon from svgrepo
  • ocean waves made on Canva

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see ya,
mack