Santa Muerte, Beautiful in Red She hands me a sickle all my own, small, handheld, meant for cutting cords.
Holy remembrance and devotion to what has passed.
Santa Muerte, Beautiful in Red She hands me a sickle all my own, small, handheld, meant for cutting cords.
I first met Santa Muerte when I felt Her presence around me, steady, maternal, and without judgment. From that moment, She has guided me through endings, healing, and transformation.
I spool around and around, creating from memory a lifeline between You and I.
Queen of Angels, crowned in stars.
The fire that made her lingers beneath her ribs— an ember never dying, a heart forever lit from within.
Writing is an exorcism.
Each room, the lights turned off. It’s habit—a faint closeness, my father’s lesson. I never told him God left them on all night for me.
I do things because I love to do them.
Both live in me. One leaps toward passion, the other toward peace.
I savor their smooth, enchanting feel as I delicately pull more from the white basket, whispering them through my fingers.