Brightly Burning
I am Icarus in silence
it is my skin that is burning
as I stand in the light
climbed too high
strived too hard
thought too much about the future
to be weighed down
and held back by societal traps.
I am close to it now
the fireball eternal
that will outlive my life
and all of humanity.
I am ostracized
a little island broken from the shore
of continent and tribe
left to wander
forced to trek
outside the safety of the village fields
— those houses shadow
My ambition
within my mind’s hallowed halls
I speak to others and am rejected
for I am no longer
Their peer.
Hello! We’re D.J. Hoskins
We are Davena and Jason Hoskins, co-authors of 30+ books and siblings who write under the pseudonym D.J. Hoskins. Three years apart and in our twenties, we have been fascinated by stories from a young age. Davena is a student attending Princeton University, and Jason attends Georgetown University.
