The poems in Narcissus Unfolding are the force of life going on. Narcissus is a love poem – a poem to the love that goes on in the life of the people a loved one leaves behind, a poem of love to the body, even as the body betrays us. It is a book that inspires its readers to re-examine how they are loved in a world that’s often disappointingly real when compared to the ideals we carry within us, sometimes to our own detriment. Yet, once accepted, once understood, real, flawed, failing love is seen in all its unfolded glory – and embraced.