She paused, suspended in the depths of the sea. The clear water swirled around and faded into a light then dark blue that churned into the impending darkness below and beyond. There was nothingness around her, and nothingness below her, and even still nothingness...
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She paused, suspended in the depths of the sea. The clear water swirled around and faded into a light then dark blue that churned into the impending darkness below and beyond. There was nothingness around her, and nothingness below her, and even still nothingness...
Fragile Lurking in the mind’s shadows Dormant seeds awaiting spring Fraying, dimming at the edges Like A mouse fleeing a hawk A decaying flower A dream unraveling Like Wind whipping where it will Wandering willfully Without asking...
I have never stood so still in my life. A handmaiden kneels at my feet, tugging the hem of my wedding gown straight. Another jabs an iron pin into my hair, capturing it in braided coils on my head. I stand with my hands clamped, but they still tremble. My mother...
Sometimes I don’t put my full trust in Christ. I like to think I do, but my actions and feelings don’t always indicate it. Rather than dream big, I think small. Rather than take a risk, I sit back, silenced by fear, like all the times I’ve talked myself down from my...
August 8, 1850 “Can you get Cecelia? Or Kate?” My younger brother’s voice wobbled through the damp darkness. I sat up, facing the sick bay on the other side of the hold where two lanterns cast wavering flickers of light across the floor. “They’re taking care of Papa,”...
I wonder how it feels to fly. I wonder if it feels like when I leapt into the blue expanse above the lake, and hung there for an instant, in-between the rise and fall. The sky above was blue; the water blue below; and far, far off the mountains faded blue in a distant...
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I have never stood so still in my life. A handmaiden kneels at my feet, tugging the hem of my wedding gown straight. Another jabs an iron pin into my hair, capturing it in braided coils on my head. I stand with my hands clamped, but they still tremble. My mother...
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Sometimes I don’t put my full trust in Christ. I like to think I do, but my actions and feelings don’t always indicate it. Rather than dream big, I think small. Rather than take a risk, I sit back, silenced by fear, like all the times I’ve talked myself down from my...
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