Vanity Screams
Narcissus
didn't become a flower
he became all
narcisseae
his beauty spread
across timeless petals
and with every
"loves me"
"loves me not"
his vanity screams
he knows he is not
was not
worthy
not even of this
exquisite pain
April 21, 2018
Tressa Lee Breen
NaPoWriMo2018 Day 21 prompt: play with the myth of Narcissus.
He knows he is not
ReplyDeletewas not
worthy
not even of this
exquisite pain
Brilliant!