| the inestimable watermelontail |
is quite a storyteller. Unfortunately his entries are mainly locked, and a writer needs privacy, anyway, when writing, but perhaps he wouldn't mind if I shared this:
He's writing one now about the Red Hem Archer, whose arrows have square notches, such that "threads that bind a person to that which they love will catch in those notches and break; Red Hem shot the lover from her beloved, the businessman from his money, parent from child, drunk from drink."
Reminds me of these lines from "The Sisters of Mercy," by Leonard Cohen:
It's you who must leave everything
That you cannot control
It begins with your family
But soon it comes round to your soul
One day, I hope, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) watermelontail will finish his story and it will be published.I feel...:  shot through by stories I hear...: Tim Eriksen: Omie Wise |
It is! I hope he gets it published, then everyone will be able to read it.
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Ahhhh, what a beautiful poem....and so very, very true.
You would like the next lines as well: he says
If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem
(the "they" are the Sisters of Mercy in the song title.
watermelontail is indeed a powerful writer. Occasionally I am moved to tears.
He's one of the few writers whose writing I'd describe as "ravishing." I feel so lucky to know such people!
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