Happy Imbolc!
Snowdrops in the snow.
Mushrooms on a short hike in North Carolina
Crimson flash of pain
rusty orange dried blood
golden sun on sidewalk,
edged by mossy mud.
Clear blue rolling tears;
I crumple to my knees.
Indigo grows twilight
and violet my grief.
Who's your top comfort character right now?
I've been rewatching the original star wars trilogy, so right now, Luke Skywalker ❤️😍🥰
By Laura Gilpin
“I’m not a villain!”
Spat darkly through gritted teeth;
Tears salting their cheek.
Ambivalent, Brine, Crone, Delinquent, Ever, Fervent, Gallant, Hollow, Iridescent, Jagged, Kalimba, Loom, Mosaic, Null, Opal, Petrichor, Quasi, Rescind, Solve, Timber, Undulate, Verdant, Wind, Xylitol, Yearn, Zonal
As far as animals to be afraid of, deer rank pretty low. From afar, a deer is harmless certainly. Docile, wide eyes, silent staring before they bound away. But if you’ve ever been up close, that likely means you’ve found one trapped. Wounded maybe. Only then will you realize what fear does to a prey animal. If you wander too near, the acrid smell of desperation and deadly will to live is pungent in each flare of its nostrils. Then all of a sudden that deer seems much bigger, and fiercer, and you really ought to back away, but your brain works slower than its instincts, and you’re about to discover that hooves are like rocks and like knives, and those legs are longer and your head is closer than you would ever like. And for a split second, you, apex predator, will understand prey-fear.