October (Otto)

“You still crave lemonade, but the taste doesn’t satisfy you as much as it used to. You still crave Summer, but sometimes you mean Summer, five years ago.” - Alida Nugent As a child your family traveled around the world and you enjoyed it so much. So much in fact you would tiptoe out of the covers and explore until you were caught by your parents. One day as you traveled you stumbled upon a boy, he had red glossy hair with long ears that looked as if they could touch the sky. Your child heart fell in love and he never left your mind and you wanted to stay with him and travel the world for as long as y’all lived. Even your ghost would follow him in death. Before you even had the chance to speak with him, your parents grabbed you and dragged you all the way back even as you shouted and struggled. Why was that? The “cursed, misfit, and abandoned children,” that’s what he was called. But how could something as beautiful as him be cursed? From that day on everything was bittersweet.