His was beauty ethereal
Reflected to him in calm waters
All he admired
All he cared
was beauty of his own reflection
With a love not lost
yet cursed with a voice that repeats
She was a nymph mortal
Immortalized by her own reiterations
The fates erred
played a cruel jest
And her heart was arrested
By his soulful gaze
But,
It wasn’t a fairy tale
spun with false promises
Because,
He was the one
who rend her heart
into tiny million pieces
And along with the breeze
they floated,
lost somewhere in the mountains,
Echoing a sad tale
of a heart broken by vanity and pride
of a lover who loved himself
to his eventual demise
(This is based on the myth of Narcissus and Echo that I tried to bring about in the form of short poem, Hope y’all like it!!!! )
Might have been better to admire her from afar? Not getting all that we desire, might just save us from suffering a similar fate?
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True. As they say, not everything we want is what we actually need.
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I loved this poem…do it again..I come across words in the dictionary connected to Greek Mythology…and it’s really interesting to tie the story into a poem -A lot of these stories end up as one of the participants turning into a stone , a river or a bird…
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Greek mythology is a world in itself with all its mystical stories. Especially lesser known ones.. I love the tragedy they depict, the mortal Flaws even tho magnified are relatable… And yeah the participants more or less have a tragic end, happily ever afters are rare, either u die, become a constellation or some animal. Haha. But thank you so much for reading 💙 so appreciated 💙
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There always seems to be a lesson in the background. or an explanation linked to Natural occurances like earthquakes and volcano eruptions. The giant gest buried under a volcano…Agrius became known for strength and aggression.. later on in life for barbaric cruelty.The gods weren’t happy.
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Exactly. That is the beauty of it! 💙
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Right afterwards I went back to my words and it was “Agrius” One of the Giants..that was later turned into a vulture…
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Orion was turned into constellation, same as andromeda, arachne into spider, hyacinthus into a flower, and so on and on. It’s amazing really.
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You know your stuff…I always think it’s so weird how dysfunctional their families were…Like Agrius..His mom is Gala (Earth) He lover was Uranus (Sky) but he didn’t like all the kids he created. In the end he was castrated by Titan’s son Cronius …from his blood was formed Agrius…who was a giant. Poor kid never had a chance for a normal life…
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Wow! Greek gods are pretty messed up and dysfunctional. Look how it ended for him. Pretty sad.
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Welcome back 🖤
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Hey, haha.. ✌ thank u 🖤💙
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Beautifully done!
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Thank you so much for appreciating 😍💙
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This is one of my favourites and you did full justice to it. 😊
You are so welcome. ❤️
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Wow 💙💙 I am happy that i was able to do that and make it good for you 💙💙 means the world to me. ☺
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Awww! ❤️❤️
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This is a great piece
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Thank you so much 💙🖤
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Poor Echo had it bad from the beginning ;o; Then being cursed at that and having to watch her love fizzle out…
Great poem! Cool to see your bring this tale to life in a modern poem. As a pagan I generally love reading about mythos haha
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Thank you so much. I feel her really. She had it bad all along. And I am happy to find another pagan who loves myths and stuff as much as I do. 💙
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Omg you are pagan too?!~ -squueee- Awesome!
I started a whole series, that I plan to make a book of called the Panthera Codexa that’s like my own mythos :3 I only posted 10 parts here
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Woah. Will check it out. Maximum excited. This is so cool
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It’s crazy. I was just thinking of Echo the other day….she inspires. This was wonderful.
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Omg. Same!!! Hera really did a number on poor echo and then came Narcissus. So tragic.
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So nicely written
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Thank you so much for the kinds words 💙💙💙
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Absolutely beautiful ❤️
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Hey, thank you for reading 💙💙
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Hi, It’s nice to see someone familiar with the lores of old. 😀
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Hello, I love myths so much. They are so beautiful!! 💙
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Yes, they are. Although, they are myths and legends there are usually some truth to them or a lesson to be learnt from them.
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Exactly. Something meaningful to add to the life. Plus I love the imagination involved.
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Yes, there’s definitely a whole lot of imagination involved. LOL! I think that’s what make them so intriguing,
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Yeah, like how could someone come with stuff like that. It is so intriguing!
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