Goddess of the Sea

The Goddess of the Sea
by Leo Ricardo

The Goddess of the Sea

The storm has caught him stranded in the middle of the ocean for hours. The zenith darkened as black clouds hurled above him. The sky wept, and the rain poured hard. The thunder rumbled. Then he hears crashes. He looks ahead, waves slamming on the steepness of a cliff, and the fisherman grapples the oar and stirs his boat hard until he cannot stir no more. "Away from the boulders.." he says to himself. He knew then that he will be killed he had no choice but to dive into the deepness. Just in time he jumps, as the boat slams solidly unto the walls of this tall cliff. The sea swallowed him. He is a good swimmer but he couldn't do anything against this storm. The black waters was throwing him back and forth. He struggled to breath but he was to weak to paddle himself up, until the sea pulls him down. He gave up against the might of Poseidon. He called for his God. but there was only silence in the deep, there was calmness in there contrary to the chaos above. He had no choice but to surrender. He was floating in the darkness with only the lightning flashing in the darkness. He whispered in his mind "Bring me to You.". It was a cry for help. He then slowly lets go. There it was, the Light! His eyes burning, as he focused underwater, he gave a blink. In the pitch black of the deepness a faded light beckoned. But this did not give him hope, he says to himself -death is near. They say when all of us die, we will be seeing a light, he recalls. So he waited for death to happen. But nothing.

He focused once again. This seems to be a different light, it is a phosphorus light from afar its glow was faded, and it was seem to be moving towards him. Then he gives up. He can't hold anymore he grasps for air, but there was only water to breath. The saltiness immediately fills his lungs. and he then closed his eyes.

Suddenly he felt a cold grasp pulling him, the same grabbed his head, and a soft silky lips touched his by a kiss. Something told him to open his eyes, and he did. By surprise in front of him was another pair of eyes staring at him, with their lips interlocked. He was still staring at those pair of mixed bluegreen eyes, when a blow quickened inside his mouth and into his lungs. He pulled away from the interlocked lips and began to panic. He was choking. He felt a sudden pain, more painful than the salt that burned his lungs earlier. It was excruciating, until slowly the pain was subsiding, he began to calm down.  He opened his mouth once again, and he was surprised... He can breath... under water! He opened his eyes and his eyes burned no more, but still blurry, he focused and his sight adjusted to the water and darkness. In front of him he saw a beautiful woman. Her face angelic the most beautiful he has ever seen in his entire life. Her eyes were deep almond-like. He glances at her lips, the same lips that touched his, cherry pink, soft. Her hair was black, long and straight, beautifully floating with the water. He looked above, it seems that the storm has stopped. The moonlight was glistening at the surface,  reflecting its beams below the deepness of the ocean. Luna's light reflecting on her white pale yet cold slippery skin. Both of them stared at each other. She smiles at him and gives a sweet giggle.