Month: February 2022

Compositions

From Hell To Heaven

Candid Corvid Productions

They’d been arguing for awhile, and things were said that should not have been – and were further misunderstood by each other.

He finally slammed his hands down hard onto the table, leaning forward, “Do you think love is a game?!” His voice thundered.

She was shocked out of defense mode and tried to calm herself, becoming philosophical.

“No, no I do not…but nearly everyone here on Earth believes it is – and so, doesn’t that make this our reality?”

He looked at her dumbfounded for a moment by her emotional logic.

She then said, “I’m just waiting for you to choose a better paradigm for us.”

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Awesome Guest Artist! ReflectsApathy, “The House Of Dragonflies”

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There once was a time when all beings existed alongside mankind. Houses were formed and life was upheld by understandings between the many people, but no one achieved power like the fairies of the West. Since the great battle of darkness, they were the keepers of peace for over a 1000 years. Their family was better known as, The House of Dragonflies.

During the great battle of darkness, it is said that the Great Shadow King of the South end realm, was about to push his sward into the Fairy King’s heart and his plan for eternal darkness would begin. However, the Fairy King saw a tiny Dragonfly land on his sward and it instantly turned into a giant, fire-breathing Dragon. The King and his army were invigorated, as the Dragon began to spit fire onto the Shadow King and his army, forcing them to disintegrate into nothing. Once the battle was won, the Dragon returned to her form of a Dragonfly and went off into the Sunrise. From that point on, the Fairy King declared his kingdom and kin, as the House of Dragonflies, which was represented by the tiny creature.

Songs and legends were passed down to the following generations, but like many tales from the past, time drifts the tales into oblivion. Now the young princess of the House of Dragonflies, named Draca, was to be married off to the Prince Melvin, of the House of Marcap, and as you can imagine, she was not happy with this arrangement. After all, she was a descendant of the greatest Kingdom that ever ruled and though the kingdoms of all have prospered for many generations, Draca, always found herself in the stories of the past, knowing that peace would not last forever. She was a free spirit, that always dreamed to meet a real Dragon, as no one has seen a Dragon since Fairy King’s victory.

The falls were beautiful and the fog across the body of water made it appear curious. So, Draca climbed down the large cliff, she found a way to make a floating raft out of wood and leaves that were around the shoreline. Draca was not thinking at this point, just going towards the unknown with wonder. She finally hit the shoreline of the South realm, it was colder and extremely mysterious. She walked up the hill and found the ground was barren. She thought, “Could this be the land where the great battle took place?”

She continued to walk through the barren land into the hill and found something extraordinary. Another Kingdom of people who she never seen or heard about. They were her size, but had scales on their skin, all different shades and sizes. The guardsmen summoned her to the Palace, as the King and Queen were waiting for her arrival. Puzzled that her appearance was expected, she followed the guardsmen. As she entered the great hall that was lined with gold and many pillars, she began to rethink her families legacy. Perhaps they were not the most powerful Kingdom, as she was raised to believe.

King Drillion and Queen Dahlia of House Dragathian, welcomed Draca and said they were waiting for her arrival. Again, she was very confused as to how these people existed and have yet to make their presence known to the realms of many. She was told that the Shadow King had captured their Kingdom and was set to conquer the realms of all the North, but they interfered by sending the Fairy King the Dragonfly. The Dragonfly would only transition to it’s natural form, if the intention of the person were true. Since the Fairy King wanted to protect all realms and was willing to lay his life down for this cause, the Dragonfly turned into a Dragon to help fulfill his mission.

Draca smiled with pride, but quickly noticed the same Dragonfly that directed her to the South, appear once again. This tiny dragonfly went behind her into the middle of the great hall and transitioned into the Great Dragon. In complete shock of the enormity of the dragon, she stood still. Queen Dahlia got out of her throne, walked towards Draca and grabbed her arm to lead her close to the Dragon. She took her hand and placed it on the dragons nose, as the Dragon made eye contact with her, Draca was filled with purpose.

King Drillion yelled out and declared a feast would be held in Draca’s honor. During dinner, she found that the people of Dragathian are not people that can been seen by just anyone, as only Dragon Kin can see one another. There was a time when all types of people mixed and lived in harmony together, but the Shadow King separated everyone, forcing all to live apart. The Dragon people were forced into a realm of solitude from the others, and so, it is said only a descendant of Dragon Kin can come into this realm.

Draca was complete, she finally knew who she was and where her life would go. The kingdom welcomed her and she began to learn the true way of protecting the realms. The nameless hero’s of peace, that continue to protect, not for glory, but because it is the right thing to do. Her life meant so much more now and it was only just the beginning.

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Compositions

“The Lady And The Bull”

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It was hard to read him now from those days they had played as children in open fields: he, a gamboling calf with stars in his eyes, and she as a half-horse human learning to never compromise her integrity.

His keen spirit and mind, the warm-hearted desire for her in his eyes, tantalized her senses in ways that made her forget all propriety and just want to climb onto his strength, and ride him.

Excerpt from Coming Of Age, by Athena Stairs

Compositions

About Money

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This is a challenging topic to discuss for me because I am not sure if I can explain it well enough for others to understand where I am coming from.

To be straight forward, I think money and having money is wonderful. However, I will not trade my values and morals to get it.

I have always seen the greater worth behind someone’s giving me a gift, for example, yet frequently received projections of implied or direct shame and/or beratement in my upbringing for desiring anything – after I was led to believe I should.

Talk about mixed messaging!

And, I would witness “spoiled rotten” children being over-indulged and clucked and doted over whike given “everything” – yet, when it came to my turn, I was treated as if I was a beggar and unworthy.

This was my reward for being a good, warm-hearted, polite, and generous kid – and explains a bit behind why social media often shows bad behaviors.

To be popular, “desireable,” or successful has been taught as being given to those who walk all over everyone else in the name of claiming their prize.

No wonder society is barely hinged together and broken famiies and broken trust is all around us.

This backwards messaging caused me to have conflicted feelings about receiving gifts or money from anyone, as there also always seemed be tied to it some sort of heavy onus in expectation.

Worst of all is that I was taught that if I desired anything at all, I was greedy, corrupt, and had ill intentions.

These are not my traits, so why would I want to desire anything that tries to associate me with them?

Listen.

Gift giving should be from the heart – with nothing expected but the hope it will give the receiver happiness of joy’s pleasure, and/or render some comfort to lift their day.

If you have money and wish to spend it on someone, if they are receptive and you come to some sort of mutual agreement, there should be nothiing from society or anyone to stand in the way as long as transactions are of a “proper” nature.

Having lost my own family’s stability to divorce cutting everything apart and leaving me with nothing, I went through the hardship of recovering from homelessness while striving to keep my children’s heads above water so they could continue growing peoperly while having no financial stability.

My efforts are a mixed bag of failures and rare successes against great odds – but, honestly, I and my children should not have had to go through any of it.

At this point, I would be glad for the opportunity to be “lifted” and accepted onto “higher ground.”

I have “put in the efforts” and deserve my reward.

Before now, I had never considered choosing a partner based upon money, wealth, or status. I have always prioritized love over material gains.

However, if I were to remarry and have more children, my partner having financial security will be a requirement.

Money, status, and position are important – but not for reasons social media claims. It’s about what these qualifiers represent.

Financial stability ensures ability to weather liss or hardship’s storms. A good reputation of quality of character and the ability to navigate well in society ensures that a man can provide for his mate and loved ones.

Having these established attributes more ensures that a man who invests in marrying and raising children will be more likely to commit to this life path, take it seriously, and ensure uts prosperity.

Therefore, I am looking for a “Master Plan” – “A Man Who Can” – who will take our love to its limits, and Beyond.