Adrestia

April 21, 2018





walk by windows
mirroring smooth
skin notions
bright eyed
intentions
set 
out
on
the world
to
be 
seen
the little girl
in the waiting room
whispering
She is so pretty
the many men
long
in 
the 
sink your tooth
into her thigh
high
wasted
life
the doctor
betraying her own
mumbling
slurs
as
old
as the
profession
she proclaimed

she couldn't
she didn't
cannot
outrun
Adrestia

she catches
you every time
leaving
long
lines

hitting
you
square
between
the eyes
leaving
deep
gouges 
of 
want
and
worry
behind

Pass by windows
unseen
passed by
all




Based on the prompt to wrote a poem inspired by the myth of Narcissus
*Adrestia (Ancient Greek: Ἀδρήστεια) in Greek mythology 'she who cannot be escaped'

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