Poetry Blog
NaPoWriMo closes not with a crescendo, but with a quiet unraveling—language thinning, meaning dissolving into something colder, more observational. Today’s piece leans into that fracture. Inspired by the flattened, almost clinical tone of Russell Edsons poem, “Angels,” , this poem examines a figure that exists between …
Read MoreWhen the fire stole Lyra’s life, Alaric was left with nothing but ashes, guilt, and the whisper of a crow that refused to let him die. Ashes to Air is a gothic tale of love, loss, and the haunting echo of unfinished goodbyes. Through vivid murals, shadowed vengeance, and spectral grace, Alaric’s journey blurs the line between life and death, art and memory.
This story is more than vengeance—it’s the final conversation between souls bound by friendship, love, and the ache of what remains when someone is gone but never truly lost.
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