Poseidon

Dekaeptá

It had been three days since I had seen Poseidon, yet his words still rang in my mind.

I walked the halls of his glorious house and his words still rang clear in my mind.

I walked through the garden attempting to listen to what Cailey was saying about all the plants there, pointing out her favourites and using words I did not fully understand and did not have the mind to ask her what she meant.

I ate and still the words were like chiming bells in my head, the food in my mouth could have been tasteless and grey for all I was paying attention to it.

control the thoughts

take you

bruising

against the brick wall

The words echoed in my mind, creating a cacophonous storm that swirled and became louder by the second.

A swallow.

A scrape of a chair.

Four doors.

Trees.

Then the beach stretched wide in front of me. the sea laps at the shore in gentle caresses, there was no sound of anything but those soothing rolling waves and the soft call of the gulls. I was in the swash in just three strides and it was in this moment that I had realised that I had no shoes on as the waves circled my bare feet and a calmness flooded my body and mind.

After three days my mind emptied of those words that Poseidon had spoken.

After three days of a storm in my mind, the words haunting my every movement, my every breath, they left my mind effortlessly. They sailed away on swift, streamline boats and left no ripple in their wake.

The sun had set and I still stood there, feet in the swash, birds no longer called out across the bay and the watercolour sky had turned dark. Now stars began to peek through holes in the blanket sky, holes that glowed brightly with heavenly starlight.

Cailey arrived when moonlight was glinting off the water, she was so light on her feet that I only noticed her presence when she too dipped her feet into the still warm sea. She spoke not a word but her gentle presence next to me brought me out of the recesses of my mind and back into the present. A sigh escaped my lips and she turned to me her voice lilting delicately "You worried me, you rushed off so fast and I did not know where you went."

I look at her apologetically, conveying to her that I was sorry for my behaviour.

A cheeky smile graces her face as she once again speaks "You know, we still do not know your name."

I was appalled, I had been living in this house for nearly a week and I had yet to formally introduce myself, not that I could very easily. The shock and embarrassment must have registered on my fave because Cailey quickly reassured me that it was alright and that I didn't have to tell her, that she was only making a jest.

Then an idea struck me, I spun quickly and headed back to the trees, Cailey called after me. realising that she must believe that she offended me I turned around to face her, smiled warmly and motioned that I would be just a minute before continuing my search.

After finding what I was looking for and returning to a very puzzled looking Cailey, I grasped the stick in my hand and began to write out my name clearly in the sand.

Guys I am actually so sorry that it has taken me this long to actually write and then publish something, it been too long far too long, I want to promise that next time it won't take this long but I probably wont be able to hold myself to that. I nearly published something so many times but I got to about 200 words and it was basically all bullshit that held no interest and did not go where I wanted to to. I'm so sorry guys, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Finally the name is to be revealed, I didn't realise until this chapter that they didn't know yet, I think, I really hope so now that I've done this so please please correct me if I wrong.

Love, Isla-Beth x