By Gala
Date: 17 May 2000
Heart Of A Lesser Nymph
You're not sure just who I am,
how I got here,
or who the hell
kidnapped and hid
the one you thought you loved...
sorry---
but I'm still here.
The face has changed a little
but the heart of the matter
the basic cells---
that's me all over.
I long for you,
yearn to be held again
in those arms that
swept me up,
carried me to a canopy bed,
and planted the seeds of lover
in my heart
for all time.
They say a nymph named Echo
wasted away from love
left only her voice
as proof
that she once was,
that she had yearned,
and loved
and lost.
But I am not some
daffy damned dryad
ready to die
because you forgot
how much you loved me.
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