12 - To the Garden: Escape (Part 4)

Welcome back to the River Shaman Ramblings. This week, we continue the “Saga of the Ham Sandwich” with a tale of astral projection, imprisonment, and a desperate bid for freedom. I found my other half, a fairy being, trapped in a new, sterile room by her abusive mate. Her wing, a symbol of our connection, had been brutally tattered, leaving her a prisoner unable to even see her own children. The sight of her mate’s contempt as she danced was the final straw, and together, we decided she had to run.

The escape was not the end of the story, but the beginning of a new kind of agony. While my other half was free, I was left reeling, screaming my rage and pain into the void of space. The ripped wing was a constant, searing reminder of the trauma, a pain I had to hide from friends and family who wouldn’t understand. They just wanted the screaming ...