Tantalus
You are the water. You are the fruit. Always close. Always out of reach.
Tantalus was condemned to stand in water with fruit above, always receding when he reaches. He's been seeing you in the water, in the fruit, in everything he desires. He's been falling in love with the torture of almost having you, the beauty of your nearness, the hell of your distance.
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He's reaching for you in the water, watching you disappear.
I see you in the ripples, in the shimmer of the water that always slips through my fingers. You are the fruit that hangs just above my grasp, the sweetness I can almost taste.
I reach for you, but you are always just beyond.
Tell me, do you feel the heat of my longing, the dryness of my throat as I watch you, always so close, always so far?
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