Greensmith by Aliya Whiteley

Author:Aliya Whiteley [Whiteley, Aliya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912658084
Publisher: Unsung Stories
Published: 2020-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

The Rampion Remembers

My mother puts her thorns to my roots and cuts, cuts, and there is pain. With that sharp arrival comes the fear of disconnection, of a future without her, but my mother blossoms over me and lets me smell her sweet scent of surety: You are the culmination. You will be unbound.

She cuts away all and then sticks four of the nubs into her heart-dirt to replenish me. This is the food of seedlings and I guzzle it, knowing it is my last taste of Calendula. Once my wounds heal I will be fired out into the unknown, where I will freeze until I find the elements of life once more: air, warmth, light, liquid. I am terrified. What is that sound? I am screaming, of course, I am screaming. I scream for my mother, but I am the culmination. I will find the answers she wants and return them to her. She needs to know

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