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Tag Archives: guilt

iowioieoiagjoa ;ajao;i

having a spirit possess you was pretty boring, actually. After the initial confusion where they screamed about being dragged to a material world

Posted byjordynsaelorOctober 24, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:defying gravity, emotion, fantasy, free form poetry, guilt, poem, poet, poetry, rules, short story, spirit, witch, writingLeave a comment on iowioieoiagjoa ;ajao;i

lie la lah/Mie ma mah

don’t you ever worry about right and wrong? Don’t you have a tug of war inside yourself between being good to people and taking what you know you can? Between respecting the

Posted byjordynsaelorOctober 8, 2024October 8, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:demon, fantasy, fear, free form poetry, guilt, mental health, poem, poet, poetry, punishment and peace, short story, witch, writingLeave a comment on lie la lah/Mie ma mah

19- Doctor don’t care (about) [how to get rid of guilt]

Is my appearance why the patients gawk, Dr. Mizto asked, motioning to their torso. Yeah, probably, I said, but it’s not your middle that’s the issue

Posted byjordynsaelorOctober 3, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:demon, doctor, emotion, fantasy, free form poetry, guilt, heart, poem, poet, poetry, short story, witch, writingLeave a comment on 19- Doctor don’t care (about) [how to get rid of guilt]

Bruises and Balms

Never trust a gift from a demon, even an old teacher, cuz they’ll do silly things like that, not realizing your head can’t hold up a demon’s weight crawling into space.

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 21, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:demon, fantasy, guilt, imagination, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, winter, witch, writingLeave a comment on Bruises and Balms

Rerun

I didn’t give into my baser instincts and turn the trees into people—for fifty years, at least, I kept wandering and writing you

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 5, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:fantasy, guilt, letter, magic, nature, poem, poet, poetry, reputation, shame, tree, witch, writingLeave a comment on Rerun

Blight Reaper

Sliptide’s sleeping lover dozed in the den, yet mud from hundreds of years of monsoons had nearly closed the opening. I didn’t unblock it, though, since she still had several thousand

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 8, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:ancient, dragon, fantasy, free form poem, guilt, memory, poem, poet, poetry, short story, time, witch, writingLeave a comment on Blight Reaper

12- do you think

do you think there’s a league of mindless immortal dragons advocating for their rights (answer: unknown) Do you think it’s easier to return to the astral plane while gutted on

Posted byjordynsaelorJuly 23, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:apology, forgiveness, forgotten, free form poem, guilt, life lessons, memories, poem, poet, poetry, question and answer, reflection, shameLeave a comment on 12- do you think

I asked Sliptide

I asked Sliptide one night under the spinning moons and planet’s rings if she’d ever met a witch before. Not because I wondered about you, Clarissa; mountain dragons and green dragons have fundamentally different

Posted byjordynsaelorJune 1, 2024Posted inLandscape of a Heart, poetryTags:astral, dragons, emotion, forest, guilt, liar, nature, poem, poet, poetry, short story, stars, witchLeave a comment on I asked Sliptide
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