The whispers come up from beneath our feet, every step another sigh, every sigh a plea, a cry. But the mistake would be to listen, to stop, to try and find the source. For the voice is a trap, to catch the caring. To steal that final flicker of warmth from your trembling desperate heart, to turn your soul to ice.
Better instead to ignore that snow siren’s cry. Better instead to let your own heart turn to stone.
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Notes:
1. Written on April 1st, 2019
2. See not only Sirens, obviously, but also the Yuki-onna.