I'm terrified of you stealing my heart but I think you already stole it. You being vulnerable with me and me being vulnerable with you. I feel like you see me as a human, not as a seal. Where do we go now? I want you to hold me, I want you to love me, I want you to look at me with such an overwhelming sense of happiness. I fear that you like the half of me that makes me a seal. What do you want from me? Every time I look into your big blue eyes I get lost in them like the sea itself. Please tell me what's wrong and what you want from me. You know I can't stay with you, you know it hurts being a seal. I'm scared of you. Please don't abandon me now.
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Selkies, Gaelic Songs, and Highlander Mythology: Short Stories
FantasyHighlanders myths, and the songs by the people of Scotland and Ireland that they sing in Gaelic have inspired these short stories. I always use selkies as a way of speaking my truth. Selkies are humanoid creatures who can shapeshift between human a...
