Zeus’ tendency from home to wander <br />Caused Hera, his wife, to start to wonder <br />If he could possibly be seeing another <br />No! He must have eyes for no other <br /> <br />One day, secretly she did follow him out <br />Into the woods; what a lout! <br />That cheating god had done it again <br />From the nymph’s friendships he stood to gain <br /> <br />In order to allow Zeus to escape <br />Echo to Hera a long untrue tale did relate <br />In the time Echo used to spin a yarn <br />Zeus ran off: darn! <br /> <br />When Hera finally caught on <br />She was so angry, so woebegone <br />She cursed Echo, so she could only repeat <br />The last words mentioned by others, no major feat <br /> <br />Echo wandered the land, traveled far and wide <br />Repeating the last words of others, well-said or snide <br />She saw no way out of her mess <br />You cannot expect favour from a furious goddess <br /> <br />Once, a handsome young man she did spy <br />Narcissus by name, wiry and spry <br />Wanting, but unable, to say how she loved him <br />She followed him everywhere; now that’s acting slightly dim! <br /> <br />As soon as he was thirsty, he looked for a pool <br />He found one quickly, to the brim it was full <br />To his own reflection he did lose his heart <br />From it he just simply would not part <br /> <br />Now Echo pines, then fades away <br />Narcissus never notices her as his mind will not stray <br />From the image in the water which he would not leave <br />When only the voice of Echo is left, he ceases to live <br /> <br />Into the Narcissus flower he did turn <br />Still his love for his reflection does burn <br />While Echo passes time repeating what others what others say <br />He stares at his reflection the whole day<br /><br />Russel Tanner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/echo-and-narcissus/
