Ouroboros Spine Oh, this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees.

loss.

the loss of a child.

suffering.

kukutux tasted her own tears; if allowed, moonwoman would pull the fur from her shoulders and drape it loosely along towhee's own. she had done this once before, and found herself intimate in the immediacy of their shared grief.

"i know my daughter suffered because it is great pain to bring children into their first breath. i will not tell you it is easier to know this. it is more easy to hold blame because you were not there."

but the world walked on. they would leave a piece of them in two graves. but they too must walk on.