Ivy:
I stood in the back of my kingdom, overlooking the world that had just continued to turn without Kali.
It was odd how the day I lost her, I felt my world stopped on its axis and never started turning again.
Weeks had passed without her, and that grief I thought would have slowly begun to fade. But it hasn't. If anything, it sneaks up on me when I least expect it. It cuts my air off and steals my voice and will to live.
“Grief is such a strange damn thing.” Uncle Denny said, sneaking up on me with the best of intentions, I'm sure.
I nodded, never breaking my eyes from the setting sun. Days like today were the days I forced myself out of bed to prepare for Colm. I know when he comes, my ability to stop and grieve may be cut short, and I've tried to heal as much as possible befor
