“I never did like Narcissus,” he says,
though I hadn’t asked for his opinion.
“Narcissus? Why not?” I ask.
“It is such a presumptuous flower,
So simple – banal really –
yet it pops up first thing in the spring
as though the world has been awaiting it
all winter.”
“All winter? Perhaps so,” I say.
“It is so beautiful and colorful
and a refreshing change from the ugly winter snow.”
“You know what I think?” he asks.
I don’t know, and I don’t ask.
He tells me anyway.
“I think these narcissus flowers bloom early
just so they can admire their reflections in the melting snow.”
“The melting snow,” I say. “I don’t care. I love them.”
I reach down to pick one of the flowers,
but it won’t come loose of the plant.
I pull harder. It still refuses to budge.
“See that?” he says.
“Narcissus won’t even let go of a bloom.
He wants to keep all the beauty for himself.”
“For himself…” I muse.
I begin to feel faint.
I feel as though I am disappearing.
“Going somewhere?” he asks.
“Going somewhere. Yes… somewhere… somewhere…”
“Say, I didn’t catch your name,” he calls after me.
“Name? Echo. Echo. Echo.”
“Nice talking with you, Echo.
My name is Nemesis.”
Nemesis. Nemesis. Nemesis.
NaPoWriMo challenge, Day 21: Write a poem that plays with the myth of Narcissus in some way.
What Rhymes with Stanza? 
Ah the cycle of mythology! And we are left with only our Nemesis. No beauty, no love, just more hate and destruction. So like our politics today.
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Yes, when I read that the poetry prompt was about Narcissus (narcissism) it made me think of a current political figure also. Hmmm… I wonder why?
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Just can’t imagine!! I’m trying real hard not to be political on the internet and it is oh so hard! 🙂
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I know the feeling.
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Great way of using Echo in the repeated responses.
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Thank you.
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I’m glad you’re back on the programme. Or is it just an echo, echo, echo. 😉
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Now I have to catch up on reading, too. I didn’t want to read anyone else’s until I had done mine. 🙂
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Yes, I do the same way too. I don’t wish that anything rubs off which wouldn’t otherwise.
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