Rhea (natura_anima) wrote in voicesinmyhead, @ 2007-08-26 18:41:00 |
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Entry tags: | prompt #01, rhea |
Prompt #1 - Who Are You?
Once upon a time, I would have laughed at you for asking me that. I would've given you a smart ass answer about how a name and a date are pointless in an ever changing cycle of life and death and rebirth upon this planet.
But I'm in my mid-thirties, I've lost five children, and I am alone in this world now. Those names and dates arn't so meaningless anymore, as I've come to realize.
I am Rhea, and I was born on the island of Crete thirty-something years ago. I lived in a small town with my mother and my two older brothers, because my father left when I was three. But when he came back, I left out of fear and of love for my boyfriend. Gosh, you don't know how foolish I feel for writing that.
I spent my days working on art, and if I bothered too, going to class at a local college. At night, I would stay out until the wee hours of the morning dancing the life out of me like there was no tomorrow. Sometimes, I would get home and find my boyfriend-turned-husband asleep in our bed, and sometimes I would not. But he always came home, and where he had slept was warm and smelled faintly of whiskey. That was enough for my young and shallow mind, I suppose.
That was a long time ago. Now I look in the mirror and see my laugh lines just a little deeper, my eyes a little wiser, and forever dreading my first grey hair (and may the Gods keep them away for as long as possible).
I've been living in Olympia City for the past year now, selling organic foods along with works of art, from my home. I do enjoy my slow and leisurely lifestyle, even if it came from the settlement money my now ex-husband left me. But thats another story.
One thing that has remained the same though, are the dreams.