A Return To Innocence, Myths & Legends, New Beginnings, Reclamation, Songs, Stormin' The Castle

“Set Alight” (Song)

By Athena Stairs,  November 13, 2025

Take me to the alter where
We’ll worship on our knees

Our love will never fail as
Souls in paradise redeem

No one can tear apart destiny
Holding hands our lives unite

We’ll celebrate Fall’s rejoicing
As the season love takes flight

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A Woman's Plight, Myths & Legends, Vampiric Tendencies

Of Milk & Honey

It was interesting…she had to now think abstractedly to retain any sanity, noting that when she felt herself more ready and welcome, the thorns sprouted thicker around her castle – as if the surrounding garden’s wild roses had become very fond of her, and as a result, were determined to let no man near her without him proving his worth by overcoming their obstacles.

She could only allow herself to muse and wonder at their tendency, recognizing their protection’s validity as lesser men fled the scene, for she had become too afflicted by melancholy to risk endulging entrapment’s grieving.

And the enchantment’s spell did not seem to care that she was starving as it maintained its strength by drawing too much energy from her body.

Definitions, Oblivion

Word Of The Day: Oblivion

noun1.the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.”they drank themselves into oblivion”Similar:unconsciousnessinsensibilitystuporstupefactionsenselessnessblanknessdarknesscomablackoutobliviousnessunawarenessignoranceamnesiathe waters of LetheOpposite:consciousnessawareness2.historical•Lawamnesty or pardon.

Oxford Languages

(They are changing definitions as we knew them…how I meant it is missing = The Void)

A Woman's Plight, Altered States, The Accident - As Of 10/10/25 Early AM Named "Clyde" (Short For Collide) Because It's Funny And I Deserve Mirth At Its Expense

Symptomatics

“Reactions to compounding lag in an injured system from having to repeatedly respond to new emergencies that push pressure loads beyond capacities into enforced quick adapting can lead to reactions and/or shut downs which present behaviors much like complex PTSD – either drastically slowing or suddenly forcefully expelling energy as a result of the system’s desperate attempts to create space for self regulation.”

A Woman's Plight, Altered States, The Accident - As Of 10/10/25 Early AM Named "Clyde" (Short For Collide) Because It's Funny And I Deserve Mirth At Its Expense

Encouragement

“Even with continuing and multi-varied discouragements, I must cling to a moment ago’s realization that as I continue working new patterns over and over, my methods are beginning to adapt into streamlining.

Perhaps much of the issue exacerbating my injuries is constant disruption negatively reinforcing sensory overwhelm and overstimulation.”

A Woman's Plight, Altered States, The Accident - As Of 10/10/25 Early AM Named "Clyde" (Short For Collide) Because It's Funny And I Deserve Mirth At Its Expense

Steps Back & Forward

“Although I may have just been exposed to COVID right in time to potentially sabotage attending my retraining, it is nice to note that my handwriting is beginning to smooth again at times – compared to right after and since the accident injuries disrupted motor skills coordination.”