LJ Idol: The Otherness

[____hejira]

It's too early to be sitting here on the cold winter sand, alone with the newborn sun so pink and full of promise. I call the blue green Carolina waves to me, praying their icy tendrils will wash away this otherness that entraps my seventeen year old soul. I named it the otherness because my search for words to describe this capture has proven

Comments

[shadowwolf13]

I'm glad you're past it now.

[solstice_singer]

You are so, so articulate. I love how you write. Your emotions come through so clearly here.

Sometimes, I still do battle with what you term the otherness. Luckily, not as often as I once did, but it's still there.

[lapis_lazuli615]

I have felt "otherness" all my life. I never feel 100% a part of anything, not even the family, the children that I bore from my own body. I fight with this daily. Some days are better, some are worse.

You've captured this feeling very well.

[irishrosedkm]

It's very pretty, wistful.

[whipchick]

It's good to be a survivor - and it gives us things to write about :)