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Poseidon Epilogue

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Love is an unbelievably powerful thing. It can make you feel at the very top of the world one minute and the absolute bottom the next. Love takes dedication, loyalty, and respect. Poseidon, god of the sea, who holds so much strength and dignity- was heartbroken. He felt lost, didn’t know where he as a person was. The mighty ruler of the sea had such a feeling of heartache, as if he had hit absolute rock bottom. Denial was the only thing stopping the ever so fragile hearted God from being with a woman who held such poise and beauty. For she was a human being, who lived in a small village along the Polynesian Sea. Her beauty seemed to radiate off of her, rather it being her crystal like blue eyes, or the way her hair blew slightly as the …show more content…

Talia was just as gorgeous up close as she was away. They spent the rest of the night making jokes and watching the moon reflect the light of the ocean. Nevertheless, they were both head over heels for each other. When it started to get exceptionally late, Poseidon told her he should probably head home. Talia responded with, “I wish you didn’t but that's probably a good idea. Will I ever see you again?” As suspected, Poseidon told her they would see each other again. He really liked this girl. She was unique and charming, in the best of ways. Poseidon knew Zeus would not be too happy with him, but he believed he could manage to talk him into it. In fact, the next morning, he went and spoke to him about it. At first, Zeus was exceptionally critical about it. However, Poseidon then brought up the story of Zeus and Hera. Their story was strangely similar to Poseidon and Talia’s. This persuaded Zeus to allow Poseidon to continue being with Talia. He was thankful he had kept trying, even if he was knocked down pretty hard, he only came back stronger. This experience inspired him to turn to the positive outlooks of every situation, and know every tough path has a light at the end of the tunnel. As for Talia and Poseidon as a whole, things are amazing. Talia’s family and village love Poseidon, and Zeus and Hera absolutely adore

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