Prose Foremost of These

[Hannah Capps]

Inspired by and in Loving Memory of Jordie Rietveld (from the Six Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo)

Belonging, retired rhythm, heart on fire, vital, tidal, exhaling the music of life...

A breath tightly gasped, a fist tightly grasped. Reapers Barging into this safe space, this place of filth—

Port water doesn't cleanse...

Zyklon’s Cyclone—bereft scorn, toxic gas, fatal fumes, angry wounds...

Drowning and inhaling—perhaps this time past the watery grave—he speaks truth.

“You thought pain was your weakness?" -Jordie Rietveld

Well, wasn’t it?

Ghost Brother’s Baptism

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.” John 3:5

Father calling from a swamp field; Son from a foul submergence; Sankt Notion; Misted-eyed Emotion...

And a voice from heaven said, “This is My Son, Whom I Love; with Him I am well pleased." Matthew 3:11

“You thought vengeance was the answer, and still you drown." -Jordie Rietveld

“It is mine to avenge; I will repay.” Deuteronomy 32:35

“What is the worth of life if you have no one left to fight for?" -Jordie Rietveld

Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life." No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

Clod Heart, Damaged Chest, Chaotic Mess...

Watch over your heart with all diligence,
for from it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23

“You guard against pain. You guard against joy. But when you allow yourself to be blindsided by love, two worlds make a universe." -Sankt Suntsa Sar

“Hope is dangerous. clouds your judgment.” -Inej Ghafa and Kaz Brekker

And yet, at the end of it all, these three remain: faith, hope, and love.
But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 3:13

 

[broncoseamonkey]

Port water isn't worth the slime off a seal's back

 

[Hannah Capps]

Port water isn't worth the slime off a seal's back

This made me laugh. Thanks for the humor.