If I had never met you, and had never learned how love can swallow you whole, then maybe I wouldn’t move through the day, wide awake, but afraid to live. I’d survive moment to moment, each moment moving so fast that I can’t slow down. If I had never met you, and never learned the way your love speaks, then maybe words that are harsh would speak more meaning to me. If I had never met you, and never learned the boundaries of your love, then maybe time wouldn’t hold me hostage

Have you noticed how the impermanence of things urges us to be present? Have you noticed how you savor something a little more, look a little closer, feel a little more obligated to meet a moment fully when it carries a clear ending? The stream by my house flows maybe two or three or four times each year. Rains come, and I stand on a rock in its center, feel the water lap at my toes, watch it rush and bend out of sight as it moves toward the ocean miles away. I love to watch

Defeat The next night, in the dead of night, Rienna spontaneously woke. At first, she didn't know why; she heard nothing, it wasn't too cold, she wasn't hungry. But she was wide awake, so something had to have woken her. Then there was a sound outside. Footsteps on grass. She looked around. Both Luke and Hana were in the cabin with her. Which meant… the fairyeld must have come back. She got out of bed and shook Luke awake. "I heard footsteps," she said quietly. "It was pr

Crystal Magic A few days later, Rienna found herself staring at the bread and cheese meant for her lunch. She was hungry, but she just didn't want to eat it. She slowly picked it up and took another measly bite. She was constantly bored but tense, which was an awful combination. She'd read through three of the books in the room already, just as something to do. In each, Jenni maintained an attitude that she had done no wrong. According to the history book, one year, a hundred

But I know this isn’t goodbye– not really. It’s just distance teaching, how strong we are. Everything in me still wishes time would wait, or even stop. Just one more minute. You’re out there chasing your future, and I’m here holding onto the past– Not being able to let you go, because if I do: it means I lose you, just to grow. But go, make someone else feel safe, just like you did to me. Fill more rooms with your laughter just like you did to mine. And I’ll stay, saving you