Son, you re too big for Ma to carry

Sume wrote a poem in the style of of villanelle.

I found it so inspiring. Seems like good advise to give to our children .

It is titled to Icarus with love. Icarus was a greek character whose father made wings for with feather and wax .His father Daedalus told him the limitations of the wings, that is he is not to fly near water and not to fly too close to the sun. Icarus was too excited over the new found freedom and flew too close to the sun. The wings melted and Icarus perished.Daedalus flew to safety and built a monument dedicated to Icarus . Icarus became the symbol for the dangers of the over exuberance of youth.

Sumes poem is worth a read:

To Icarus, Love Mom