12. The Last Place Left
The Last Place Left
Where would you hide
if you were being
pursued by
two of the most powerful Gods?
Where would you hide
if you had already run
through the entire world
and still, still they chased you down?
You would go to the only place
where Gods were not allowed
to enter without invitation.
A place I had been taught to fear.
As my mother stood at
the mouth of the Underworld,
I buried my head
into her chest in fright.
But she was determined,
and she entered the obscure cave,
her feet careful over the rocks
that surrounded the riverbed.
I could hear the running water
of the legendary river the dead took
to enter this cave. But before my mother
could take us further inside,
a figure stopped her in the dark.