specifically the moon and the sun fought for rulership over the sky when the supreme god retired; the sun "won" but he accidentally struck one of the moon's eyes out, so in repentance he agreed to share the sky with her
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That's a good one.
Truths I would've told
Trees speak through shared roots All fish are lorna and Jack if you want them to be When Netflix asks if I'm still watching my eyes feel tired and dry and wet and loose Water bears live everywhere, in drain pipes, in space Thunder is the sound of clouds rubbing the charged sky The sun forced the moon into our orbit Each word contains your world, contains the language of your heart When noone sees I can be free. I soar. We're all connected Unread books will never hold your feelings Sadness can be eaten but never digested You'll always be there, in dna, in love.
So good!
I like you.
Tiny bears do live in drainage pipes I've seen them.
They have webbed feet and big front teeth.
I guess technically tiny bears DO live in drain pipes!
Wow, the way the last line is such a sudden tone change from the other ones reeeeeally got me
Dad of a 7yo here. I’m teary now.
Also I made it a point of telling him I’ll be there for him as long as I can. My younger brother died when he was 2 though, so it was kinda on my mind around that time. I know he’s not really thinking about, but we try to be honest and enjoy as much time together as possible.
For me it started with the line about invisible threads which I thought was a reference to the quote from Henry Melvill:
We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.
Genuinely got a chuckle. I imagine it may have been meant as a subtle preparation for the fact he will eventually pass away, masked as a joke about absenteeism.
But damn was it funny
Interesting that you read it a bit differently than me, I interpreted it as he means that he'll for sure pass away but hides it from his child, so I found it touching and quite sad because it's a lie about a much more serious thing than all the other lies!
Sadness can be eaten
I think we’ve all tried this at one point or another
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