This is my submission for TWC (the Writing Circle)... So, yeah...

Andromeda was the princess of Ethiopia. The constellation tells of her mother, who bragged of the own beauty to Poseidon. Poseidon was angered and shackled Andromeda to a rock by the sea, a sacrifice to a sea monster. Perseus saw Andromeda on the rock an

I don’t look at him when we drive away into the dark night, forever chasing the horizon, but instead watch my hands intently like I have just found the meaning of life in the creases of my fingers, the lines embedded in my palms, telling of future things.

It's a beautiful day, the kind where you can feel your skin breath with the wind that's on the hot air...