She watches him through the years
protecting, caring, nurishing
but a little part of her
wonders if
she's doing something wrong
by keeping him
close,
Since that summer
when she walked the beach
dipping her toes into
the ocean
and encountered a man,
a man with dark messy hair
and bright green eyes,
she'd been wary
and careful of the others.
When the baby was
brought into this
world,
he had urged her to escape,
escape down into his palace under the sea.
But she had refused.
Soon
the man left
lost at sea
and left her
with her most beloved
and treasured gift
the only thing
that reminds her of
him
Perseus.