Stiff rhymes, meaningless words, the drill. This one was really hard, 'cos the rhyme scheme is more complicated than usual. About Icarus this time, but it wasn't really true to the original NPC. I take it that (from all the quests he gives you) he wants to learn to fly.
A Dream as High as the Sky
Look, he waits upon the roof
Silent, unseeing, aloof
Dreamy eyes upon the skies
Gazing forlornly.
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How he thinks all things are lies,
Longing something so unwise—
Wishing for the gift of flight,
Only to be free.
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Sometimes, in the dead of night,
He sits with his lamp alight
Sewing two wide feathered wings,
Working secretly.
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Why does he still shun all things?
Longing for such wanderings
In the sky, a thing too far…
What, there, does he see?
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He still works at night, afar
With a focus none can mar
Working for a distant call
From a fantasy.
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Dreams are lies, they promise all
Yet they lead men to downfall
Will he ever learn what's true?
That may never be.
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So, he sits, beyond the view
Waiting for a sign, a clue
That his dream will soon come true
Wishing, endlessly.