A Letter To Oedipus

My Dear Oedipus, you are the love of my life. From the moment I laid eyes on you I knew that we were bound to each other in some way. These past years, we have done so much in both of our lives. We began a family, built a relationship, ruled Thebes with another, and more. In your eyes, it is anything a Son, Husband and a Father could ever hope for in life. Something dark and twisted has been culmulating since I bore you, has now come to light.
I remember the day when we met each other You came riding into Thebes as a hero for riding the land of the sphynx. Above the crowd I stood atop my balcony watching the gathering crowd. Our eyes had met and I knew that you were the one to fill the hole in my heart. Immediately we had connected and I knew that you were the one for me. The gods had blessed me with another husband that was genuinely kind and wise.
I wish that you had never found out, and things could have been left the way they were. With both You and I together as Husband and Wife. Caring and raising our children into the new leaders of Thebes. You must promise me Oedipus that through this all, you will never leave our children. Make sure that as their father you be their for Eteocles, Polynices, Ismene, and Antigone. Donʻt …show more content…
You may have built an emotion of disgust and anger towards me. I understand you feeling this way, and can only hope for your forgiveness later on. All of this was my doing, and I will take the blame, because as a Mother, there is nothing I want more than to keep you safe. Even if I had known before that you were my own flesh and blood, I still would have loved you the same. My only regret, was that I could not be there for you as a child, like a real Mother should have been. I missed the chance of being able to raise and see you grow into a man. It was fate that had brought us together later on in our