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Narcissus’s Plea

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished 2 months ago • 1 min read
Narcissus’s Plea
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I am Narcissus! Can you see me?

Could you pick me out of a crowd?

Why do you not love me yet?

Can’t you see the truth now?

I am beautiful

Just look in the

Water, you’ll

See my

Worth


Author’s Note: A special thanks to Harper Lewis for the inspiration for this!

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Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

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