[ WP ] You swear that you keep seeing the same woman in blue every time you go on family vacation , when you turn 18 , you are introduced to her .

My father always said it was 
 
 coincidence, he knew. 
 
 However far we travelled 
 
 came along the woman in blue. 
 
 I saw her only fleetingly 
 
 and never close to home 
 
 She'd make her presence scarce to me 
 
 She'd stay, all told, unknown. 
 
 For many years she tarried near - 
 
 A ghost on family trips. 
 
 A shadow to our happiness 
 
 A secret kept behind closed lips. 
 
 I never saw her at our home 
 
 or heard her name conveyed 
 
 Until my eighteenth year, and she - 
 
 She came out of her shade. 
 
 `` Your father would n't like it,'' 
 
 She opened, whispering in my ear 
 
 `` If he knew I followed you - 
 
 My kind tend to inspire fear. 
 
 But you need not have fear of me 
 
 Or any gods you meet 
 
 You share our blood, *my son, *'' she smiled 
 
 `` You are a demi-god, complete.'' 
 
 I reeled to know my mother 
 
 I reeled to see her face 
 
 I reeled to know my lineage 
 
 I reeled to feel her grace 
 
 `` I follow you to keep an eye 
 
 to keep you safe from danger 
 
 Though your home is cursed to me 
 
 And I must remain a stranger. 
 
 You will soon forget my face, 
 
 forget your mother in blue. 
 
 The curse is strong but try to recall - 
 
 *I am always here for you. *'' 
 
 And so there came a day, not far, 
 
 When I no longer knew 
 
 Who or where my mother was 
 
 nor cared to know the woman in blue. 
 
 Not long ago I saw again 
 
 A woman dressed in blue 
 
 Who lurked just out of sight and seemed 
 
 to be someone I knew 
 
 Her shadow sparked a memory, 
 
 A thought I'd thought was dead 
 
 A flash of blue - 
 
 *I'm here for you* 
 
 \- and echoes in my head
