Beloved Andromache

This was actually my homework in my English class. I loved it so much I had to put it in here. I hope you like it. It's about Hector and Andromache in the story the Iliad written by Homer.

I feel your eyes on my retreating back as I head toward my battle. My armor is heavy and the glare of the sun hurts my eyes. I do not look back to take in what you feel is my last sight of you. I do not glance back to the child you hold in your arms. Your image in engraved in my mind, and my heart clutches as I remember your tresses that ripple over your shoulders, the thick lashes that frame your eyes, your tear-stained cheeks as you beg me to stay. I disappear from your sight and only then do I turn back to breathe in the scent of our farewell.

Goodbye, beloved Andromache. Soon you will be back in my arms and I will be there to wipe your tears away. For now I must face the fiend who comes between us.

I lift the sword in my hand. This battle I dedicate to my king and country. But my fiend's last breath I give to my dear Andromache.

Reviews

[AndyJCash]

That last line seems perfect and fitting to the character. A great write!

[Elaenor Aisling]

Wonderful and beautiful.

[Lisette Gentry]

this is great a beautiful read

[Dean Steven Nichols]

Simply masterful. I hope this is only the beginning.

[lisameryl]

Powerful and enchanting write...well written and expressed by far! You're a fine story-teller!

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A bright and revealing prose, well done

[Jacey Poison Girl]

What a wonderful little story. I hope you elaborate on this more in the future

[Babieegirl]

this was very heartfelt. and aren't english homeworks the best? (x LOL> Anyways, Homer's epic is a great story to change up. Great job. (=

[LetMeLaughLetMeSing]

Oh, my goodness. This is stunning. I don't have any other words to describe it... you did such a wonderful job! I bet Homer'd like you. :)

[Elijah Gleaves]

The Illiad and the Odyssey are two of my favorites peices of literature ever. You took a small peice of Homer's epic and made it into your own, while doing it justice. I'm a fan lol