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icarus burned fast,
but not fast enough for the gods.
(apollo, later, screaming
YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HIM BUT YOU JUST STOOD THERE)
they had time to think, to deliberate,
as icarus fell in slow motion;
“if we save him he’ll become arrogant,
‘the first man to fly,’ he’ll say.
no man should fly.”
“but it could bring forth inventors,
a genius to help the humans-”
“they will come to it in their own time.
it is still too early now.”
artemis kept her lips sealed, knowing.
(apollo, later, accusing
WHY DID YOU SAY NOTHING WITH YOUR HELP THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN OUTNUMBERED YOU MURDERED HIM)
“let him fall.”
and the slow motion stopped.
and time sped up
and icarus slapped the oceans surface,
still burning, barely a ripple
disturbing the mirror-stillness.
(apollo, later, sobbing
IT’S MY FAULT I WANTED HIM TOO MUCH I KILLED HIM IT WAS ME IT WAS ME IT WAS ME)
When Apollo 11 successfully landed and the images were released, ‘The Sun’ newspaper in Vancouver changed it’s name to ‘The Moon’ to report it.
The exclamation point is a nice touch!
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mythological posters, featuring persephone
“Her name is commonly derived from pherein phonon, “to bring” or “cause death,” and the form Persephone occurs first in Hesiod, the Homeric form being Persephoneia.”
aroacediscourser
If you’re attracted to the opposite gender you’re not lgbt. Lmao
Fuck….. the News is In…. the B in LGBT now stands for Bongos…. im sorry “Bi” people………whatever those are…….
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Ruth Negga photographed by Jack Davison for The New York Times ‘Great Performers’, December 2016.
We’re what killed the dinosaurs. We’re the asteroid that’s overdue.
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assallo
cicero had very weird ways of writing about his political opponents… one can only assume…
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meninvogue
Cameron Palatas
I’m in a romantic relationship with a refreshing crisp glass of water. with a little lemon in it