My love lies bleeding

Naked, dead and cold

Impaled on your selfishness

It rots into oblivion

You are not even my friend

My lover gone so wrong

You cannot fathom the kind of love that beats within my breast

You don't understand and will you ever?

Yours is a pain left inflicted upon me

Forever and ever it recoils within my veins

Circulating within every beat of my heart

Rotting my sinews it takes but never gives

Starving my heart of life itself

I can't even look at you any more

You make me so sick

That you could do this to me

And never even think twice about it

You selfish little boy

There is another tale that tells the story of the beautiful nymph Echo. She was a woman who loved gossip and could not keep her mouth shut, and this was a dangerous combination with the employment of her as distraction for Hera while Zeus cheated on her. Having found out about his affairs, Hera was thoroughly distraught and punished Echo by only allowing her to repeat the last words of whatever sentence someone spoke.Upon meeting the beautiful Narcissus, she fell in love with him and did everything she could to show her love for him. However, Narcissus was unimpressed and rebuffed her affections, which sent her running back into the woods. Narcissus then came into the woods asking if anyone was there. He said, "Is anyone here?" then Echo said, "Here, here!" Then Narcissus said," Come show yourself!" then Echo said, "Come!" to Narcissus and Narcissus said, "I give you no power over me!" and turned around. Echo said, " I give you power over me." but Narcissus was already gone. Echo prayed a prayer, "May he who loves no one love himself." Narcissus went to go find water and when knelt over the lake he saw his reflection and realized all the pain he had put these women through because he had finally realized how beautiful he was. He knelt over the water and dove in, purposefully killing himself. As he was falling he said, "Farewell, farewell." It was only then that Echo could say farewell. The nymphs found a beautiful flower where his body should have been, and named the flower Narcissus after him (Edith Hamilton, Mythology).

Before ________&________After

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Narcissus - 2007-12-12
Without - 2007-11-18
Hunger - 2007-11-18
Beyond - 2007-11-18
So Beautiful - 2007-10-12