Monday, April 15, 2013

The Modern Echo

In the modern world Echo is not allowed to waste away
Modern women are too practical and strong to die so foolishly and romantically
The modern Echo bounces from Narcissus to Narcissus
Maybe this one will love me
Love me
Love me

Alone she is silent and empty and whole
A circle
Blank and complete
To speak to her is to fill her
To flow through her

To leave her is to silence her fullness
To leave her is to stifle her speech
To choke her until…

In ancient times she would die
Her love left behind to haunt valleys and cliffs
Today she cannot die
Death is failure
Death is weakness
She must become silent and empty and whole
She must try to remain silent and empty and whole
This time she MUST REMAIN silent and empty and whole
Innocent and forgetful
She must not hear you speak

Alone again
She is silent and empty and whole
Innocent and forgetful
Don't speak to her
Oh please god don't speak to her
Speak to her
Speak to her
Oh please god speak to her
Silent and empty and whole
Alone
Alone
Alone

One word penetrating the stillness
Sharp and clear
A jewel
To be reflected and repeated
One word
Your word
You
To be loved
And loved
And loved
From every angle
Every facet of meaning
Repeating
Repeating
Repeating
Forever
It feels like forever
Please, this time forever
Oh god no don't go
Don't leave me
Don't leave me in silence
Each repeating silence grows deeper
Heavier
Less circle
More hole
Please don't go
Please don't
Please

Let me die
Let me keep this word
This love
To repeat
Forever
To fill me in death
Don't make me live silent and empty not whole
Can't let go
Let go
Let go

The modern Echo cannot die
Cannot die like this
She lives on to love
And die
Again
Again
Again

Narcissus doesn't see
Can't see
An Echo loves more than a mirror
He dies and is free
He can choose
Chooses death in the face of love
He dies and repeats
Repeats
Repeats

Maybe this one will love me
Love me
Love me
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