‘wake up Aurora, for the first time in your life.’ Born asleep in the last few minutes of daylight. Hair embroidered with petals descends from her tower’s window, locks of all shades of blonde as the sun and the years have lighten them. She is asleep but feels every second, day, and year that isn’t hers. Aurora, the moment you […]
Born mere minutes after her sister, and seconds after the sun set, Jour always belonged to the night. “One for day, one for night, one for dreams, and one for true life.” “Never sleep, may your fingertips always be pierced.” Separated in two different towers, Jour’s faced west, bathing in starlight. Alone, Jour spent a hundred years. Never aging, never […]
In the darkness, Hemera dwelt alone, It was her home, her blood, She shouldn’t have felt so lost. The shadows engulfed her, they kept her company, And yet they imprisoned her. They imprisoned her as they imprisoned her daughters. The girls of dawn and daylight. Cursed before they were born, Before she was ever born. No one knows when it […]
A curse for her, a lifeline for others. Elaine, to save you from yourself, we sentenced you to a half life. You knew, to be safe, you must never leave. Never leave your home that towered the frozen rivers that encircled your island. Never gaze too long out your only window. But Elaine, why live like this? Snow falls all […]