Why witches have infectious eyes

Witches have infectious eyes
because a soul is leaking out
because witching eyes have opened up
and daydreams have been dropping through
turning into raindrops
left on flowers set to grow.

Witches have infectious eyes
because someone has been breathing
the air now filled with things unspoken
that left a soul so quiet and bleeding.

Witches have infectious eyes
because someone caught a daydream from her view
a dream that changed the way the blood ran through their veins
and burned up everything inside.

And no ones knows
if any of those burning thoughts
would have ever been
without those witching eyes.

Layla was gigging way too much now. „Even in my time it was a bold theory that daydreams could have poisoned the land – but better play safe, and lock away the woman with the needles, and make her confess anyway.“ And her fingers played around a scar on her wrist where a big part of skin had once been removed.

A witching lesson learned

“You feel so far away todayYour path leads northAnd mine does not. I came across a field just nowI thought thatYou might like it. Eyes wide openArms stretched outI still had much to learn. And when I crossedYour path back thenI thought that you could show me. How Skin could feelHow blood could cookA heart…

A witch with no regrets

This night feels cozy.Midnight has passed.No sleep, but another cup of tea in vanilla scented candlelight.“Are you saying you have no regrets?”, my witch giggles. When I was younger, I was often warned that I would regret the things that I did. I remember being 10 years old and finally telling my family that I…

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About the historical horror of living. Drafting my witching novel. Chasing dark, forgotten and haunted tales.

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