So apparently it's coming up to my seventh TEF year, which means Alice's seventh year as well. I would post this sooner to the date but by that time I'll be in the thick of my final exams. The timing is kinda surreal, actually. I don't have much to say, and I don't wanna be too official. Yet it's good to know that Alice is still sitting in the forest, listening to crickets and streams, as she has for years now. Whether you don't know her at all or know her well, she is my comfort and anchor, someone I have related to many times in my life and channeled in my heart. She's had a few different faces and holds many memories, past and present. And we are staying to make more, to see more. To continue our presence as a peaceful, quiet observer.
I love you TEF (yes, that means you reading this-) for what you've given me over the now seven years of my life.

♥

"Silence takes her.
It eats her, envelops the trees
The shadows in which she walks
Do not follow her.
She would lead you to corners
Of this earth that you had not seen before
Corners her gaze holds that
Move you to the bone
And rattle your core
Till even your rocks and flowers bleed
And crack with the things they have seen."
- 2013