A Shiver of Snow and Sky

There was a solace in a snow-laden forest wrapped in night found nowhere else, a loneliness that made me better acquainted with myself.

There was a place in this world for the daydreamers and the souls who dared to believe in the things they couldn’t see. For those who believed that stories were more than just words that froze in the air.

Fear is a beast that haunts darkest of nights And swallows our minds one by one But hope is a light that takes root in the heart And can grow to be strong as the sun

It was like she'd forgotten that it was my mother who'd died too. As if, because I'd never really known her, I had no right to mourn her loss. As if I didn't already feel guilty every day that I live and breathed and my mother didn't

It's the weak ones who fall, Anneka. It's the frail who succumb. I won't let you be weak. I won't watch you fall. It's not in my blood and I wont let it be in yours

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night