Author: penwithlit

I wasn’t made
for straight roads.
My bones remember
bare earth,
the breath before
the leap.

We walk stiff now—
feet wrapped in slaughter
and stolen skin.
Even the ground
pulls away.

But some nights
when the house forgets
to hum,
I move softer—

past walls,
past memory,
into a place
where trees
still whisper.

And for a moment,
I sense them—
my fur and blood,
the wild hunt.
In the back of my throat
a howl rises.

I wasn’t madefor straight roads.My bones rememberbare earth,the breath beforethe leap. We walk stiff now—feet wrapped in slaughterand stolen skin.Even the groundpulls away. But some nightswhen the house forgetsto hum,I move softer— past walls,past memory,into a placewhere treesstill whisper. And for a moment,I sense them—my fur and blood,the wild hunt.In the back of my throata […]

Walking Bare