Everything to Live For
My eyes open of their own accord. Darkness. Silence. My first awareness is in my chest, a hard round mass that feels ready to burst. Fear. Eyes close; open. Deep […]
Dance
Some days, You just have to pick up your skirts And dance. ALL CONTENT COPYRIGHT AJI WINGS, 2018; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NOTHING HEREIN MAY […]
What You Leave Behind
Winter doesn’t let you hide. The snow shows where you’re going; it shows where you’ve been. It covers and conceals, too, but only some things. The rest it throws into […]
To See the Dawn
To see the dawn is a gift of the spirits. It is a truth for any time or season, but now, it carries the weight of being. Existence. Survival. Three […]
Fangs and Claws
Winter has fangs and claws. My people have known this forever. It’s not winter so much, though, really, as it is what inhabits it. Lives in it. Hides in it. […]
Founding Father
There are days when the sun doesn’t rise so much as it erupts. A founding father of the flames, he sends them shooting high above the peaks, a lava flow […]
Enchantment
It’s a daily thing. Forget the slogan; half the state has no idea what it means, and the other half is busy trying to destroy it. There are places where […]
Together
We are a team. We soar together. All content copyright Aji Wings, 2018; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may be used for any purpose […]
Long Enough to Say Hello Again
Full zoom. Impossible to see through the viewfinder. It appeared to be a golden; nothing else is large enough. Instead, two reds lately absent, just long enough to say hello […]
Owl
A new spirit came to visit this morning. As the clouds lifted, Owl peered out from behind the head of The Old Man. He has never appeared in this form […]