Tag Archives: grief
All Hearts
Endings comes in many forms — sometimes in weeping fits, like a child who needs rest — and sometimes in silence, in brittleness, where the piece of glass that is your heart, once rendered unto dust, must be forged into … Continue reading
I was cold then
I haven’t been this cold since the time I died, and you didn’t want to be near me. My eyes were still open, and you said it was creepy, and you wished you’d had someone shut them for you, because … Continue reading
In some other life
In some other life, we hung stockings and filled them. Our three children had to be shooed off to bed every night so we could wrap presents and eat the candy we told them not to eat too much of. … Continue reading
The Autumn Queen No. 16 – Still Without
This is #16 of The Autumn Queen. To start at the beginning, go here. PREVIOUS * * * “Where is my son? Where did you take him? What have you done with him?” she asked me. I would not look … Continue reading
The Autumn Queen No. 14 – Captured
This is #14 of The Autumn Queen. To start at the beginning, go here. PREVIOUS * * * So many things, all at once. My beating heart. My panting breath. Red shadows. A blinding light. Pain. Then, nothingness. I woke … Continue reading