Mae. 19.
Myths, narratives, the ties that bind. Witches who take their wine with human flesh. Underworld gods who languish with boredom. Goddesses who light themselves on fire but do not burn. Bodies caged and reaching for the stars.
Immortals. Liars. Storytellers.
All the variations in between.
Eternity through story, resurrection through destruction, the occasional ramble about college.

Words that don’t exist in the English language.

L’esprit d’escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”
Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.
Meraki: (Greek) Doing something with soul, creativity, or love.
Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.
Gigil: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Pochemuchka: (Russian) A person who asks a lot of questions.
Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish) The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation.
Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
-Ilunga: (Tshiluba, Congo) A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time.