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.
I wish I’d told you all my stories.
I want to tell you all my storiesIt’s not that they would changeIt’s just that I would likeTo see themFormA new expressionOn your face I need to tell you all my storiesI am not sureIf they makeSenseThe way I thoughtThey do. I will tell you all my storiesThey frighten meI’m sure you won’t endureI see…
Dealing with darkness in writing
This spring afternoon is glowing pink and tastes like strong tea. It feels much too familiar, and I begin to open up.I feel far away from myself as I start to talk, to babble on about my novel. About all the things I’ve been reading about in the past 5 years. About the 17th century,…
Radical witching novel rewrites at 4 AM!
I wore the same night dress my witch used to wear to get drunk on my windowsill, when I suddenly had an idea at 4 AM. Great ideas always happen at 4 AM, remember? This one however, kept me awake for at least a week, debating it back and forth. At some point my witch…
Mistress witch writes 
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