All Together as a Family

Evie

i'll plant a row of daisy seeds
in the space beneath each eye

Evie brings up the tail end of this particular disaster train, her own food offerings reflecting her earthen nature instead of Amalia's baking prowess. Salads, spinach puffs, tender meats and tubers. They are held stacked in her side bag, the warmth emanating across her hip in a way that chases away the slight chill of spring. Coming up behind Deimos and Amalia, she gives a grimace of understanding towards Deimos, who looks like he'd rather be anywhere else than here, especially on what she understands to be their honeymoon.

But Evie doesn't want to ruin the day early on, and so she summons a smile and presses a kiss to Amalia's shoulder from behind as she waits for Sam to answer the door. Unaware of all that has changed in her family on all sides, and blissfully, innocently hoping for a single meal together that will bring them closer together. It's what she longs for, in the aftermath of all this change and chaos. To find home, to find a center.

so they'll remind you of your beauty
when they bloom each time you cry