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Narcissus

June 1, 2011
By alliegeoca SILVER, Penfield, New York
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alliegeoca SILVER, Penfield, New York
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&quot;There is no such thing as love. It&#039;s a fantasy. That&#039;s why everyone tries so hard to find it.&quot; <br /> ~(500) Days of Summer

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Only thoughts, visions, blur reality
encompassed by cold, terrible Fingers.
Immobile, perplexed actuality,
as the cold mist of glory still lingers.
The King is gone, preserved in a flower,
he’s decayed in gossamer beauty’s clutch.
His people live on seeking for power
to brush fingertips with vanities touch.
How poison palpitates when a soul’s stained;
how its promptly squeezed through struggling veins.
Here Narcissus grows under moonlight waned
encompassed by old, cold Finger’s pains.
Yet still they came to stare with contempt,
forever reaching for that toxicant tempt.

The author's comments:
It is based off of a poem by Salvador Dali, called Metamorphosis of Narcissus, if you want to look it up! Narcissus, alluding to the character in greek mythology who was so vain that he ended up being turned into a flower.
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