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A Sheepherder and A Shepherdess-- The A-girl’s Name is Amaryllis

September 1, 2022
By Christine001 BRONZE, Xi'an, Other
Christine001 BRONZE, Xi'an, Other
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Abel met a belle,
A belle with a rident face
A belle with “Amber”, “Ann” or whatever  
as her name.
 
Abel did not care 
As Abel’s not able to care--
Abel can’t tell the difference 
among females’ face
 
Abel’s heart voice-- 
Abel can’t remember any pretty cutie;
Abel does not fall in love;
Abel just cannot love people.
 
Although Abel does have a long long crush on the flower.
 
Amor took pity on her.
As a compassion gift to the poor sweetie
Amor then told her a trick on Love Esoterica,
a tip, helping women get men.
 
And then an arrow thrust in,
“A-girl” ’s heart’s bleeding out.
Amaryllis was dyed red.
A shepherdess was getting a sheepherder,
a sheepherder with pretty pretty pretty 
and pretty, pretty face,
a sheepherder with immense of unknown but 
also good, good qualities.
 
Abel then gave her a flower
A cluster of amaryllises growing by an altar, 
Amaryllises that were dyed by the “A-girl” in the bloody rite. 
--Abel used amaryllis as their love keepsake.
 
--Amaryllis represents love to the lover--
“A-girl” ’s name is Amaryllis.
“A-girl” used her heart’s blood to build such a so-called love,
Such a flammable ‘real’ love.

 

P.S.
1. Amaryllis is the name of the shepherdess who loves the handsome sheepherder.
2. Amor refers to Cupid.
3. Abel is actually a name I made up for the sheepherder.
4. The original story is from Greek mythology while several of details are changed or added to emphasize the gist of irony in the so-called love story.
 
 


The author's comments:

My topic is toxic love in some stories.


I wrote this poem because I really don't appreciate the kind of love mentioned in this Greek mythological story in which Amaryllis, the shepherdess, waters the flowers with her own blood to just attract the sheepherder who loves flowers instead of girls more. I believe a good girl like Amaryllis deserves something better than this; and actually, I also doubt the love implied by the story that sacrifice is necessary for love and even equal to sacrifice.


I have some opposite opinions: in reality, I don't know a lot about the kind of love between two separate individuals who share no family and blood bonds or pure friendship or so. I am confused about what it is. I haven't been another person's girlfriend, but in this age of information explosion, I've already watched a lot of "love stories" from both reality(people around me) and also from all kinds of fiction and stories. Some of them are positive and some of them are a little bit depressed, and in most situations, I will be moved or at least affected and kind of think in the shoes of the protagonists. But it is also some of these "love stories" that make people have unhealthy concepts and imagination of love--some of them may act similarly to Amaryllis, which is really harmful to the person him or herself. So I express my opinion on this kind of love story by using ironic methods--


I want every line to start with the alphabet A, to create a feeling of obstinacy and awkwardness for readers so they can feel that this writer is just trying to keep everything in the same form with her bad writing skills. I want to use this kind of feeling to echo such an awkward love story that only involves the girl's neglect by the boy, the sacrifice from a single party(the girl), and the boy's confusion between feeling love and feeling moved.

The name of the sheepherder, Abel, that I made up, has 2 implications. First, "Abel" and "able" share the same pronunciation, which I use to irony the sheepherder's inability to distinguish between love and feeling touched. Second, I want to make the sheepherder share the same first alphabet A with Amaryllis to point out that the boy in this story has been depicted as a meaningless character--like a tool for Amaryllis to express her great and deep love. 

 
 
 


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on Sep. 16 2022 at 11:57 pm
Christine001 BRONZE, Xi'an, Other
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@Afra-Thank you sooooooo much !!! I also love your poems

Afra ELITE said...
on Sep. 4 2022 at 7:16 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

Loved how clear this was and loved how you explained it and altered the original story a little to fit it in more beautifully!!! Fantabulous as always!!! Keep writing!!!✍🏻✍🏻✍🏻