Melita
they should have checked the ashes
of the women they burned alive
of the women they burned alive
She knew she shouldn’t push it. But there were only so many times that she could handle being left in the dark – to not feel apart of anything. Maybe everything was too raw, too fresh, but no amount of clenching her jaw, of snarling into the flickers of candlelight, were doing much of anything. “I don’t know.” Which was always the same god damned problem. Her eyes lifted off the floor once more, hands going to scratch Fangorn, attempting to fissure away from the anger rising like a tempest behind her chest.
The tones were subdued, not giving rise to the weight of her frustrations, her vexations, her exasperations. Of those continuously carrying everything on their shoulders when there were so many willing to try and take on some of the burdens. Or even have a semblance of a clue as to what was going on. Was that part of the problem? He didn’t want her to know? “You said you had an idea. You could tell me that.” What else was she supposed to even be doing?
And perhaps she could commit to something with hunches. With notions. With digging around. With action instead of winding her way around the world, to push away the other anxieties and apprehensions surrounding, pervading her soul.
The tones were subdued, not giving rise to the weight of her frustrations, her vexations, her exasperations. Of those continuously carrying everything on their shoulders when there were so many willing to try and take on some of the burdens. Or even have a semblance of a clue as to what was going on. Was that part of the problem? He didn’t want her to know? “You said you had an idea. You could tell me that.” What else was she supposed to even be doing?
And perhaps she could commit to something with hunches. With notions. With digging around. With action instead of winding her way around the world, to push away the other anxieties and apprehensions surrounding, pervading her soul.
because it takes a single wild ember
to bring a whole wildfire to life
to bring a whole wildfire to life
