Narcissus
Narcissus.
“Tear me away from my mirror
And I promise I shall die”,
The ancient lover named Narcissus
Was reputed to madly cry,
“I love this moon faced image
This man that I call Me,
And to close my besotted eyes
I deride as blasphemy,
For the mirror has no mouth to lie
Its reflection is my rhyme,
For though shining dumb it speaks the Truth!
Through a face that I call Mine!
Lost in this labyrinth of living
An age falls at my feet,
Young and old both flail in dust
But no one dare I greet,
Raging eyes and manic stare
Bind me in my world,
I’m hypnotised by my handsome face
My heart’s a flame unfurled,
So the trickery of the Serpent
I shall suffer to resist,
Seeing myself in all that I glance
Narcissus is all that exists!”