Would That Be Odysseus Anymore - Tumblr Posts

thinking about book 16 of the odyssey

just... this is so sad. this is when i really understood that Odysseus had missed the first twenty years of his son's life — twenty very important years. in which his son utters his first word and takes his first step. in which he learns how to read and write. in which he makes his first friends and first enemies. in which he is trained to be a good son and a good prince.

in which his son, his only son, has his first everything. and odysseus isn't there for any of it.

okay so everyone i'm crying myself to sleep tonight byeeeee