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Once Upon a Time.

Once Upon a Time, the world was pure, and so were we. Or so says Lydia.

She touches my back - gently, reverently, as if the changes of my body were anything but repugnant - and she whispers stories to me.

"We are all gods, Lucia. Archetypes and prophets, we respect the patterns. Most of us never notice how we refract history.

"Most of us have forgotten." Leaning forward, her breath warms the bits of bone and feather extending from my shoulder blades. "Your body is remembering. You are so much more than human."

She rises from my bed, kisses my forehead, caresses my face. "Sleep now, my angel. Dream your memories."

I shift on the mattress - no position's truly comfortable anymore - and I watch her through silent tears.

Once Upon a Time, this could never have been my life. These wings, those voices, this woman...if I'm a god, how could I have wanted to create this?

I am so afraid to dream.

Date: 2012-01-30 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysobelle.livejournal.com
Oh, YES. I like this enormously!

Date: 2012-01-30 02:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
Lucia's in my mind a lot, but I don't know her whole story yet..

Date: 2012-01-30 09:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] basric.livejournal.com
I loved this.

Date: 2012-01-30 02:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
Thank you!
(Sorry for screening..I always forget to remove that. Sigh.)

Date: 2012-01-31 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiebelle.livejournal.com
I want to know more! Very cool world you have created here!

Date: 2012-01-31 05:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] copyright1983.livejournal.com
Wow. Well done!

Date: 2012-02-06 03:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
Gah! I never responded. I thought I had.

Thank you! This is a fragment of a story that's been in my head for too long..

Well done

Date: 2012-01-31 07:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magickalmom.livejournal.com
I liked this a lot

Re: Well done

Date: 2012-02-06 03:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
Thank you. :)

Date: 2012-01-31 08:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cheshire23.livejournal.com
.if I'm a god, how could I have wanted to create this?

Such a compelling question!

Date: 2012-02-06 03:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
And one I personally seem to ask myself a lot..

(sorry for the delayed response!)

Date: 2012-02-01 12:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whipchick.livejournal.com
This is such an interesting piece - a fragment, but you've created a whole world that's just visible from the clues. I read it twice, the first time very casually and the second time it really drew me in. Nice job.

Date: 2012-02-06 03:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
This is the frustrating part of my unworked writing muscles. This is a fragment of a much larger story, but I seem to only be able to write it in fragments.

Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry I delayed in responding..

Date: 2012-02-01 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] michikatinski.livejournal.com
I read this through three times before I noticed the name Lydia gives the main character- so fitting.

The more I read it, the more its truth settles into me.

<3

Date: 2012-02-06 03:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
Thank you!

This is a fragment of a story I've been poking at for over a year. I'm not sure how they fit into it, I only know that they do, and that Lucia is more than a little tragic. But most of the characters are.

I'm sorry my response was delayed...thank you much for replying.

Date: 2012-02-06 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] michikatinski.livejournal.com
You are very welcome. <3

Date: 2012-02-02 10:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karmasoup.livejournal.com
This is wild and wicked and awesome!

Date: 2012-02-06 03:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] elionwyr.livejournal.com
Thank you!
It's a fragment of a larger story (obviously, huh?) that I can't seem to write in anything but spurts, but I'm madly in love with it.

I really appreciate your comment and I'm sorry I took so long to respond. I'm so distracted right now..

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