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he leans in, closer to the face in the water and eros strikes his heart. he sees the marvel and the joy and it’s so beautiful he can’t look away. as he moves, the stranger moves as well and even though the gods are cruel and fickle and angry, he thanks them when it gets dark. the leaves are falling now and the stranger in the water looks weary and starving but he can’t bring himself to look away. it’s winter first and then the spring notices the boy is gone, a story of days gone by with nothing but a flower in his place.
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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 4:09 PM UTC
part one: narcissus
he leans in, closer to the face in the water and eros strikes his heart. he sees the marvel and the joy and it’s so beautiful he can’t look away. as he moves, the stranger moves as well and even though the gods are cruel and fickle and angry, he thanks them when it gets dark. the leaves are falling now and the stranger in the water looks weary and starving but he can’t bring himself to look away. it’s winter first and then the spring notices the boy is gone, a story of days gone by with nothing but a flower in his place.
helen-r
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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 4:09 PM UTC
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