āā¦our night, the date palms, esparto grass, and the old river where lemon leaves on the water drift. They are green like water like your eyes, I say.ā
ā Saadi Youssef, from āNight in Hamdanā, Without an Alphabet, Without a Face: Selected Poems (trans. Khaled Mattawa)
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Something for @fogspring ās birthday/Christmas that I forgot the post hdhcjj š
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My heart is a fish
Hiding in the water grass
In the green, in the green
Justice of Toren listens to two children sing in Ors. I love designing military uniforms [lie].
From the wonderful mind of @annleckie ās ancillary justice
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āThe luminous frontier- that sea of void which our brave lanterns must cross to proselytize ļæ¼ļæ¼to the non-believers, the un-humans and the ones untouched by Flameās Light. You are our torches held forward! Our stars who will show the way through the night!ļæ¼ Go forth! For we are all behind you.ā
- Grand Pyr Justinian, speech to assembly of the Solās Luminous Frontier exploration program. 1,534 PD.
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