there is an evil on the other side of the street – it crawls in the corners of your eyes when you sleep and it stays in the crevices between your hips every waking hour; would you do it like a child? would you go up like exposure wires when he asks you to? it does not corrupt: this evil is much smaller and paler than that – deliver us from evil, oh father – an evil that festers like a wound, an evil that burrows like a graveyard, an evil that unties everything that’s left of you – the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken – do not name that which you shouldn’t, do not try to blame other people for your misery – how do you pray? – do not question he who tells you what you need – this is how you worship, my child – do not wish for him to be sucked up in some unholy black hole – on your knees, my child – your anger shall burn down what he has created only when it is time – open your mouth – do not believe in man-made retribution if it is not eternal, even if you wanted to – Christ died for the dirty things you did – do not take his holy sword unto yourself – He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked – do not speak of blasphemous magic to protect yourself, do not call upon the old Gods – God loves his children – stay silent for all that is worthy – God loves his children – all things good come upon those who wait my dear: rise up and walk. none of your bones are broken.
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Baba Yaga
if you think you know fear
you should come visit me here
i am not death &
i am not tall
(neither am i small)
when i enter your room
& pour salt in your wounds
i can show you a dream that will leave you alarmed
(i am not sleep; do not ask for me upon a shooting star)
when i hold you in my arms
i am softer than your mother’s cries
do not try to keep me near
i am nothing like the glory of the light
when you cross my way, remember this:
the witch comes at night
if you wish to stay alive,
give her something else to keep and bite
Hello hello,
I’m Isabelle and when I signed up for this marathon I thought ET meant European time. Turns out…. it doesn’t. However, mama didn’t raise a quitter, so I will bravely set my alarm for 3 in the morning and attempt to write something moderately okayish despite the lack of sleep, it’ll be fun lol