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December1

8,2023

Monsoonhumi dit
yweighedheavi
lyi
nt heai
r,ref
lecti
ngtheweightonmychest .My
worldwaspaintedincol
orsofl
ossaseachbr eathscrapedagainstri
bst hatfel
t
woundedbyangui sh,asl
uggi
shachingthatbloomedout war
d. Buttoday,Ibravel
y
venturedbeyondthesombercanvas.IwenttoMot herNatur
e'scathedral,t
he
whisperi
ngpines,f
orcomfor
ttoday.

Thef orestfl
oorhadspeckl
eddreamsduet othesun'
sfil
teredemeraldcanopies.
Ancientstoneswer ecover
edinmoss,withever
ygrainservingasar eminderoft
ime'
s
rel
entless,gradual
embrace.Thi
splacehadagentlebuzztoi t
,qui
eterthanthe
hol
lowachei nmyheartandquiet
erthanbone.

Icameuponacl eari
ngshadedbyol doaks,wit
hsunshinehighli
ghti
ngt hei
rtwisted
branchesagainstthedeepbluesky. Ir
eli
evedmyselfhere.Whisper
ingleavesandt he
windbroughtforthadmissi
onst hatwereunpol
ishedandunf i
lt
ered.Long-suppressed
tearsburstf
orthli
keoverfl
owingstreams,chi
seli
ngcleartunnel
sthrought he
toughenedgroundofmyspi r
it
.

Andt
hen,
somet
hingshi
ft
ed.

Myst omachbegantobloom withasubtl


ewar mththatspr
eadlikethegentl
eglowof
ameadowundert hemoon. Thelul
labyofthewindseemedt oconveysecrets,of
acceptanceandtheunwaveri
ngdanceofl i
feanddeath.Thepaininmychest
subsi
ded, becomi
ngafaintt
hreadofsil
verinadarkclothr
atherthanbeingerased.

Il
efttheclear
ingast hesunsankbeyondt het r
eeli
ne,
il
lumi
nat
ingtheskywith
bri
ll
ianthues.
Myf oot
stepswereli
ghter,andthearomaofpi
neandr ai
n-ki
ssedear
th
fi
l
ledmybr eath.Thewei ghthadnotdisappeared,
buti
twascarri
edinsi
demenow, as
partofthecompl exmapofmybei ng,ratherthanonmyback.

Thoughthepineshadtaughtmer esi
li
encyandthegradual
,tenaci
ousmending
powerofnat
ur e,
gri
efwouldalwaysbewi t
hmeandr emainascaronmyl andscape.
Theyhadmur muredofoneness,ofthenever
-endi
ngcycleofdeathandrebi
rththat
thr
obbedatthecenterofeveryt
hing.

Il
ieunderthebig,st
ar-str
ewncanvastonightwit
hopenpal ms,readytoembrace
whatevertomorrowcomes, i
nsteadofcl
i
nchedf i
sts.
Thepai nst
il
lhums,buti
thas
tr
ansformedint
oal ul
laby,asongoftheunbrokenmel odyofexi
stence.

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