Friday 20 April 2018

Napowrimo 2018 / Day 21 - Echo had stopped calling.

Napowrimo 2018 / Day 21 - Echo had stopped calling.
Prompt -  write a poem that plays with the myth of Narcissus.


"Farewell, dear boy. Beloved in vain"
Ovid


Narcissus knew his
looks had faded, not by the
the treachery of
the pools still reflection, but
Echo had stopped calling him.


Like the flower that
bears his name, coaxed from bud
to bloom, withering
as cruel April turns up the
heat, sapping vitality.


Passion fades, you can
exhaust yourself, try to rage
against the process.
Perceive ageing as sin, still
Echo had stopped calling him. 


narcissus myth
Narcissus is affixed to his own reflection in the spring. J.W. Waterhouse, 1903. Public domain.


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