A philosopher listens to the sea, asking for meaning. The ocean replies only with waves. He spends his life translating them, never realizing that the sound was already the answer.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
A sculptor chisels perfection from marble. When he finishes, he weeps — for he’s killed the thousand statues that could have been.
A man wakes up from a dream only to find himself in another — then another. At last, he stops searching for awakening and begins living consciously in whichever illusion he’s in.
A house that never decays becomes a museum of the past. Visitors leave flowers, but no one stays.
A cave echo repeats a lost traveler’s plea so many times that it begins to believe the words are its own.
A candle wishes to burn as long as stars do. When the wind grants its wish, it becomes smoke, rising toward a sky that doesn’t need it.
A bird hatches on the ground and believes the sky is myth. When it finally flies, it weeps — not for the sky, but for all the wings that never tried.
A composer removes one note from his symphony. The melody collapses. In absence, he hears what he had always been trying to write.
A librarian keeps books whose titles have faded. She knows each by the weight of its silence. When asked her name, she pauses — unsure if she once belonged to a book too.
He builds a house under the shadow of a great tower. When the tower falls, he finally sees the sun — and burns.
After fixing every clock in the world, a clockmaker freezes time to admire his work. The next tick never comes, and neither does the next heartbeat.
A painter exhibits blank canvases, claiming they are “unfinished emotions.” Visitors laugh — until one by one, their reflections start appearing inside the frames.
