Axis Advisers

She had taught them to embrace the darkness, given them, direction, trained them to be unafraid of their own woods, which they all carried inside their hearts

Some days I am more wolf than woman and I am still learning how to stop apologizing for my wild

Some people are born with tornadoes in their lives, but constellations in their eyes. Other people are born with stars at their feet, but their souls are lost at sea

Something she can not name inside her still feels missing

The clouds, like her heartache, overflow.