There once was a goddess who had lost her way.
She was weighed down by things of her past, and couldn’t hear over the loudness of her own thoughts.
Unable to go any further, she began to thrash and scream.
In her shaking, she began to shed her skin.
As its heaviness fell to the earth, wings she didn’t know were even there unfurled themselves from her shoulder blades.
With tear stained cheeks and bright eyes, she took what felt like her first breath in ages.
And flew.