Sea-Eyed Child Of Cetus

Sea-Eyed Child Of Cetus
© Surazeus
2025 01 30

Soft silver laughter of the waterfall 
washes regret of passion from her mind 
when Andromeda stretches on the rock 
with ache of loneliness to feel warm kiss 
of sunlight spark her heart to open wide 
and receive faithful whisper of the wind. 

Rising from depths of the sorrowful sea, 
Cetus shakes water off long tangled hair 
and strides across broad beach of pungent sand 
to show Andromeda large fish he caught, 
who blushes as she gazes in his eyes, 
then roasts it over fire she tends with care. 

Grasping twisted branch of the olive tree, 
Andromeda screams in heart-wrenching pain 
as she gives birth to sea-eyed child of Cetus 
who wriggles in his arms and cries aloud 
with roar of ocean waves whipped by wild wind, 
then cradles him beaming smile of joy. 

Cooing as she breastfeeds their new-born son, 
Andromeda gazes entranced with love 
in large eyes with green surrounded by blue 
like the island surrounded by the sea, 
so she names her child Nereus to honor 
her grandfather born from Pontus and Gaia. 

While Andromeda lounges in large cave, 
teaching Nereus how to express words 
that signify objects our eyes perceive, 
Cetus attacks sea monster with long neck, 
then roasts its meat on flat-type pyramid 
and wears dragon skull on his head as crown. 

While people dance around small pyramid 
to drink and sing with joyful reverie, 
Perseus appears with long wind-blown cape 
and declares with aggressive voice of pride 
he will marry Andromeda as wife 
and crown her queen to rule his olive farm. 

Twirling trident as he laughs with contempt, 
Cetus battles Perseus on the beach 
who cracks his skull with dominating blow 
because his brass wand with emerald tip 
breaks iron trident with contemptuous strikes, 
then howls in victory over corpse of Cetus. 

While Perseus drags Andromeda away, 
binding her hands tight with possessive rope, 
she weeps and calls out to her little son, 
so Nereus stands small among shocked crowd 
and cries with anguish for her to come back, 
then runs down to the sea to catch some fish.