O Caledonia

by Elspeth Barker

Janet’s struggle is universally that of the individual against the forces of authority: it is the fight to maintain one’s identity against powerful odds. It is the conundrum of how to become the person you need to be while all those around you desire you to be someone else.

What fun she would have as a ghost. She could hardly wait.

It’s like she’s reading my mind

“Set me as a seal upon thine arm,” she wrote in her book. “Set me as a seal upon thy heart. For love is strong as death.”