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Elise Kova
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March 18 - March 22, 2024
The sea will devour me, if given the chance. If not the waves and currents, or sharp-toothed animals, then the ghosts and monsters that haunt its depths.
If the cost of my happiness is the world’s judgment, then it is a price I’ll pay.
He is unnatural. Uncomfortable. Forbidden. He is terrifying.
He beholds me in the manner one would a god, as if the world starts and ends with me, here in this singular moment.
“An offering, Of life so fine, Unto the old And ancient divine. Er’y corner of the land, Er’y depth of the sea, Shall open unto thee.
Hello. At last.
“Never compromise your worth, not for anyone, not even for family.”
“I exhaust you?” I call after him as he swims away. “Most definitely. You seem to require all my energy and attention these days; I can think of nothing else but you.”
“Good. I want you nowhere but my side.”
Who we are is independent of the trauma that tries to mar our souls. It is a part of us, it might teach us, but it does not define us.”
