Narcissus and Echo

[Heyworld]

Showing distress, this peace
Beyond the conceptual -
Neptune’s abandoned niece
Prays silent and dismal.

A determined fate
Resides in his each breath -
Lines unworthy to repeat
Are echoed in this Earth.

For distrust once gave him
Depth of shallow tide,
Beset him and befell him
With that cold unworthy pride.

Preserved in her, his tongue;
Jarred hearts in formaldehyde
Savoured by the young
Are cast out by the wise.

Fallen bitter twins
Set out to find their lot
Discerning kept within
So Tragic and besot.

But driven on by spurs
Each made for them alone
There is a majesty of verse
Within each hefty tome.

If he’d only noticed her
At once, beneath his wing
Gifted her his shoulder
Through him let her sing

Perhaps these words would not
So mottled sit unspoken -
To each the one forgot
Their love remained unopened.

[Shardana]

Meloncholy
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