Burned and Crowned
Watching me give a speech on TV, my five-year-old asked, "Mommy, what's Ariadne?"
"It's a special code I wrote, sweetheart. It's like a shield against the bad guys. It turns into butterflies that fly to girls who need help, whispering to them: 'No more tears, no more punishment, no more suffering.'"
She nodded, half-getting it.
I clasped her hand, and in a way, the hand of my eighteen-year-old self, and together we walked into a brighter world.
The girl who once perished in a personal hell finally crafted her very own paradise.
Bab Populer