Apollo went on to love again, to find some meaning to life, to go on without your warmth at his side. But when he rested his head on his new lovers, he stopped to think of you. When he held others hands, he compared its weight to yours and when he closed his eyes and kissed others, for a second his heart stopped and he wished that when he opened them it would be your dark skin and dark eyes that he saw. When it wasn't he went back to his reality of life without you.
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But when spring comes he indulges in you completely. He allows his tears to fall as your flowers bask in the sun's glow. He forces his mind to remember pieces of you. And when he remembers your laugh, rivers sing, warmth springs from his touch and sunlight beams from his smile.
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THE SUN THAT SET WITH YOU
Historical FictionA short retelling of the Greek myth of Apollo and his lover, Hyacinth. A narration of their life and death. Apollo is a Greek god and Hyacinth is a spartan prince. What could possibly go wrong when a god and a mortal fall in love, right? (It's very...
