It was yet another day when I woke up and glanced out of the window to see thick purple clouds spread over the sky.

I have heard, that in the human world, people have white clouds on a blue sky. My mother once showed them to me, when she took me to the gates of the other world. Back then, our sky was not purple. It was in beautiful shades of pastels, a treat for the eyes. Now......

For decades, ...

She walked swiftly

Under the bloodied moon

Rising high against the sky

Face covered by a cloak

Skin burning with the lashings

Heart aching with pain

On her neck adorned a blue necklace

Her eyes dark as she moved

Her mind, a blurred mess

Elm and birch and pine

Silhouetted against the moonlight

Never looking back,

Never moving slower

Cheeks scarred with tears

She was scared

But not an...

The witch stepped closer to the coffin. Her mind was a mess, her hands were trembling. It had been another year, another long and tiresome year after the death of her daughter. How many years had passed she didn’t know. The trees around her leaned forward, brushing her haggard face with their gnarled branches, as if asking her to join them. She collapsed on the ground as mist swirled around her, c...