The Story of Narcissus

In Greek Mythology, Narcissus was this very handsome lad in a village somewhere. Not only good looking though, he had this particular quality to himself - that women could not resist. And therefore, every female around ended up throwing her heart at him.

But only to have them thrown back, and broken in the process. And therefore, Narcissus was labelled vain.

But he had bigger things to do, so he decided to walk through the forest and have an adventure. This girl called Echo, madly in love with Narcissus, decided to follow him through it.

And so she did.

And so she did, until Narcissus could swear he heard a noise directly behind him, so he turned around. He turned around, and called out. Not once, not twice, but thrice - for whoever it was to come out and face him.

And so Echo did. And not only face him, but she ran to Narcissus and embraced him.

Only to have herself pushed away, and laughed at. And that's not all. Narcissus laughed at her and told her to scram. And so she did.

And so she did, until she reached a cave and decided to cry her heart out. And so she did.

And so she did, until all that was left of her existence was her voice, crying out in agony.

A voice that Nemesis - Greek God, heard. And decided to punish Narcissus for whatever he has done. And so he did.

And so he did, in such a manner, that when Narcissus came across a pond during his journey, he decided to stop and take a sip.

And so he did. And so he did stop by the lake and drink. But when he did, he caught a glimpse of his own reflection. And his own reflection captivated him so, that he ends up falling in love with himself.

And he stares. And he stares onto his reflection, for a long, long time, until finally realizing. Realizing that it's himself he's been staring it for so long.

And then he's grief stricken. So grief stricken in fact, that he ends up dying too. Ends up dying, laying right next to the pond, in agony, too. And then he's thrown into the furthest quarters of hell, not to return, but lay in agony there too.

And Echo's voice, apparently, decides to come see how her love is doing, that she so involuntarily managed to end up killing. And she is surprised, to not find him there, but only the very first Narcissus flower blooming by the pond instead.

But do you know what really killed Narcissus? What the grief was about?

Narcissus killed himself. And only because deep down inside - in all actuality - he hated himself. More than anyone or anything else ever could.

And so he couldn't stand being in love with the reflection of himself ...