I AM Odysseus
By Alex Reynolds
Odysseus is from an ancient Greek work called the Odyssey by Homer. I chose Odysseus because is a hero who had a very long string of bad luck when all he wants to do is go home.
I am lost and adrift.
I wonder if I will ever return home.
I hear naught but the endless crash of waves.
I see an unending blue around my small battered boat.
I want to end my Odyssey.
I am lost and adrift.
I pretend I am home before my accursed journey.
I feel the warm salty breeze of the ocean around me.
I imagine an island the hasn't changed in twenty years.
I worry if they've moved on.
I am lost and adrift.