urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2016-08-05T19:35:24Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:675796 2016-08-05T19:35:24Z 2016-08-05T19:35:24Z Florence and the Machine, "Queen of Peace." I am not a little girl, said the child at the edge of the wood,<br />And I am not a little boy, but I have a cloak and a hood,<br />And I know where the wolves will be waiting,<br />And I know that the owls sing for me,<br />And I have no more time for your labels.<br />I will go where the story takes me.<br /><br />I am not afraid to try, said the child with the moon in their hair,<br />And I am not afraid to fall, for I know what my story can bear,<br />And I know that the wolves have been waiting,<br />And I know who I'm learning to be,<br />And I have no more time for denials.<br />I will go where the story takes me.<br /><br />I am not alone tonight, said the child who had journeyed so far,<br />And I am not confused or lost, I am following my signal star,<br />And I tell you that you can come with me,<br />And I promise I'm someone to trust,<br />For we have no more time to waste weeping.<br />Let us go where the story takes us.<br /><br />(For a friend who is having some personal changes and realizations, and needed a path drawn through the wood for them.)