Penelope+2



Why can't he stay put? As hard as I may try, I cannot ignore it, Cannot ignore his newfound restlessness. He longs to leave me again. Back to Troy, back to his triumphs and fame. Even there he would be happier. And, of course, I will be stuck here waiting for him. But dear Eurycleia what would make my husband stay? Twenty years I waited. Just a year passes at home and he longs for his ship, His crew and the adventures he had a sea. Would that I were more beautiful, a better wife, Surely then he would remain in Ithaca. My thoughts also turn to Laertes. Can Odysseus not remain here until his father passes away? Did he not see the turmoil his adventures caused? But his heart wanders far from Ithaca, And, of course, he will follow his heart, And he will break mine.