The Reflection Looks Back

I was once untainted,

flowing with purity

but empty.



Until you came and

poured yourself into

reflections created

in my green puddles,



unintentionally

drowning in lies,

consumed by

a flooded ego.



I became overrun

with salty emotion,

yearning for

your knowing stare

once more,



recollecting how I

used to be absorbed

in myself

whilst I swallowed

your beauty.

Rewrite 2012

I was once untainted,
flowing with purity
but empty.

Until you came and
poured yourself into
reflections created
in my green puddles,
unintentionally
drowning in lies,
consumed by
a flooded ego.

I became overrun
with salty emotion,
yearning for
your knowing stare
once more,
recollecting how I
used to be absorbed
in myself
whilst I swallowed
your beauty.

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Inspired by Narcissus

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