Things I Wish I'd Written

“The work was dangerous, and made us so tired that our bones hurt like old memories, but our hearts were overflowing...I cannot recommend this to you enough: find something that you believe in, right down deep in the depths of your silvery plumage, and then throw your heart at it, blood and valves and veins and all. Because I did this, the world, though brambled and frothing at the mouth, looked more vibrant; blues were bluer, and even the fetid puddles that collected under rusting cars tasted as sweet as summer wine.”

From “Hollow Kingdom”, by Kira Jane Buxton