Crying Medusa Tattoo Meaning Novels & Stories

I answered as I remembered the first demigod from the legend. Byron nodded. “It was there. And can you guess what it says?” He asked. His expression turned serious that my heart pounded in my chest from anticipation. “What does it say, Byron?” “The burn marks are the signs of a traitor in the old Atlantean history. The marks are said to have come from the poison of Lord Meruem’s sea creature, the very same one that they put to sleep in the legends. SInce the serpent was dedicated to destroying the lands, they used its poison as a mark of dedication to the serpent’s will. A vow to destroy the lands and a proof of hatred against the human race.”

Her photo no longer came up on the evening news. “When we had asked her about the tattoos she explained each one. The one between her breasts represented all the parts of herself she was able to salvage, the place where her heart longed to be. Among the waterlilies, beneath the moon, at home with us where she belonged. The flowered vines wrapping down her arms and hands to twine around her second finger on each hand represented the tethers she had accidentally created between us, the bond she couldn’t break, the thing that nearly destroyed her. The magnolia symbolized a loss up to now she carried very much alone, now we all carried that weight together as we looked at tomorrow; towards a pin

Everything went fuzzy and I was out. Present Day. I stood from the couch and walked over to the picture on the wall. I stood in front of it, moving my eyes over the mix of colours. It was like a galaxy of stars, glitter, and beautiful colours. It was the kind of picture that would make someone calm and happy. It was the type of picture someone could marvel at for hours. It was the kind of picture that someone would smile at. But not me. It was the same picture that I have been forced to look at thousands of times throughout my life. I crossed my arms and my fingers moved slowly over my forearm. The fingertips traced over the countless raised scars left behind from my childhood education. I l