Author: dng

The children of Story tell only lies. What language the adults speak is more difficult to discern. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses –… Continue reading Story

The libraries of Speech contain no books, only memories. They change each time they are recalled, yet never does their truth diminish. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The… Continue reading Speech

No one cries on Sorrow, for their grief is too great to express. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork –… Continue reading Sorrow

They wait with limitless patience. They live in the moments we would set aside. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork… Continue reading Soon

The songs they sing are of a beauty otherwise unknown. We have learnt to leave them alone. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses –… Continue reading Siren

The seals steal their souls and bring them to me. Against all the rules I return them. Never since have I been back. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change –… Continue reading Silky

On the island of Silence, everyone is born mute. It is only through contact with outsiders that language is learnt, and though they can remember their earlier lives, cannot ever recall how it was they communicated with their brethren. They cry continually, though many deny it. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache… Continue reading Silence

On the shores of Shell, the crabs jostle for position. Up in the hills, the people weep and wait. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red… Continue reading Shell

An island made of ice is a fragile thing. Only the cold comforts of winter can piece it back together. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of… Continue reading Shatter

The island forms itself from nothing. It is alive but does not know. In time it will become the place it wants to be. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change… Continue reading Self