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Place where the demons go

I tried to ignore this big question and instead scowled at the lightning creature’s head and wide hips and demanded my mechanical arm back

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 22, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:capture, demons, desert rain, escape, hope, new installment, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, question and answer, short story, storm, writingLeave a comment on Place where the demons go

other side

My realm has two sides, the voice said, entirely deeper and softer than the voice in the room where they put a truth spell on me, so that voice must’ve been

Posted byjordynsaelorJanuary 15, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:cult, demons, desert, gods and monsters, home, ocean, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, sea creature, short story, storms, writingLeave a comment on other side

What God Said

Percy was God. Whoever Percy was. The salamanders and trees were his forces who braved the Dust Seas to either kill

Posted byjordynsaelorNovember 27, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:demons, dust storm, emotion, escape, good vs evil, magic, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, safety, short story, truth and lies, writingLeave a comment on What God Said

Percy

Passionate Percy, have mercy on this mortal, for terror and evil have they known.

Posted byjordynsaelorNovember 14, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:demons, emotion, healing, incantation, magic school, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, seeking shelter, short story, tree, writingLeave a comment on Percy

arm of mercy

I don’t know what they called the building in the middle of nowhere so I’ll just describe it. In the falling twilight, the walls looked like storm clouds squished into huge blocks and stacked

Posted byjordynsaelorNovember 6, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:castle, demons, emotion, interrogation, magic school, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, shelter, storm, twilight, writingLeave a comment on arm of mercy

out the door

I am grateful for Simone burning my hair off so it didn’t end up as stone, I am grateful for my sea god genes so only

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 18, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:books, codependence, demons, fantasy, gratitude, magic school, new beginnings, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, thankful, writingLeave a comment on out the door

to break a curse

The rats and I had agreed I would break their curse and they’d let me free. Of course, they never

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 11, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:books, break a curse, demons, fantasy, fiction, magic school, night, poem, poet, poetry, rune magic, short story, teen, writingLeave a comment on to break a curse

Ruse/never lose

“It seems we’re at an impasse,” the blankets told the rats, “I won’t free you until you promise to let us out that door.”

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 21, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:blogging, books, bullies, demons, fantasy, generational trauma, impasse, magic school, novel, poem, poet, poetry, short story, writingLeave a comment on Ruse/never lose

The truth the rats told

the truth the rats told is not the truth I asked for. I asked why they didn’t stop the bullies and if they were lying to me about the curse but they just said watch out for that codependent demon in your arms

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 15, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:bargain, books, childhood, demons, fantasy, free, magic school, novel, poem, poet, poetry, short story, truth, writingLeave a comment on The truth the rats told

Blankets with the vertebrae still on

I went to classes the next day and nothing changed, I got seven snot wads on my dress and borrowed six pencils from the library that all broke and someone’s wings landed a bruise on my head

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 7, 2025Posted inpoetryTags:blog, bully, demons, emotion, fantasy, ignorance is bliss, lies, magic school, mental health, poem, poetry, short story, truth, writing2 Comments on Blankets with the vertebrae still on

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