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Tina Rogers's avatar

This was beautiful and hopeful. I loved that the stone was sentient. I wrote a poem about a pebble I took from the beach and then regretted taking. ( called souvenir) A publisher asked sarcastically “ how guilty can one feel about a pebble?” And I thought, if you don’t know, I can’t tell you.

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Rachel Tribble's avatar

Wow that’s crazy. If they even form the question in their minds - there’s just no point in trying to explain !!

Sounds like a great story! I knew some people who took a piece of lava rock from a beach in Hawaii and all this really bad stuff started to happen in their lives. They sent the rock back and life became normal again 😱🌋 I suppose Pele was not happy with them!

Sya would probably stalk them! 😂

So happy you enjoyed the story!

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Neural Foundry's avatar

This myth has such powerful layers. The way Sya moves between stone, lightning and protector is beautifl. The contrast between the ancient migration patterns and the human caused colapse feels deeply relevant to our current moment. Ghost and Wabooze's journey carries real weight, especially the scenes with the mustangs and bufalo sharing their trauma.

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Rachel Tribble's avatar

Thank you ! I’m so pleased you like the story. I guess in some ways it became my cry to humans in our time, now. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🙂

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Maryellen Brady 💗📚's avatar

I love this Rachel, excellent mythos. So beautifully told, I could hear it as I read....like an elder passing the story down. 💜❤️💜

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Rachel Tribble's avatar

Thank you ME ! Means so much to me that you liked it. Especially because your super cool photo inspired it! 🤷🏻‍♀️ 💗💗

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Maryellen Brady 💗📚's avatar

I'm not sure how, but the magic lives in you. My photo, just a spark to your 🔥

I love love love this.

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Rachel Tribble's avatar

🙏 thank you so much.

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Rebecca Rocket's avatar

What a fun interpretation! Now I will think of this in every lightning storm.

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