The wall split beneath a quiet sky
its crimson surface marked by centuries of sorrow
Cracks widened like ancient rivers
carrying breath from forgotten quarrels
Each fracture revealed a darker clay
a soil shaped by countless grievances
Dust drifted from its wounded spine
settling upon memories buried too long
Fingers brushed the weathered stone
meeting grit that whispered old confessions
Every touch awakened a muted ache
a pulse inherited from those who suffered before
Faces rose within the crumbling red
faces swallowed by time’s indifference
Their unspoken fury pressed against my chest
urging another story carved in blame
Shadows gathered along the broken edge
stretching toward my steps like plea or warning
Air thickened with the taste of unwritten curses
sharp as iron bitter as regret
Silence trembled against my ear
echoing the burden I carried inward
A pressure widened beneath my sternum
brewing storms without wind or rain
The wall’s central wound deepened
its shape narrowing into a single path
Light seeped through the thin breach
pale as dawn on a muted battlefield
A warmth lingered within that glow
faint yet firm gentle yet sovereign
Eyes locked upon its quiet invitation
drawn without reason without command
Feet crossed the threshold of fractured stone
entering a hollow cradle of forgotten peace
Shattered pieces rested like sleeping embers
neither furious nor cold merely tired
The air tasted of distant rain
rain that once washed cruelty from the earth
Breath loosened for the first time in years
rid of the bitterness I had fed for too long
A breeze slipped through the ruined wall
lifting fragments of faded battles
The remnants spiraled upward like fragile birds
seeking skies untainted by memory
My gaze followed their trembling ascent
watching blame surrender its final grip
Heartbeats drifted into a calmer rhythm
steady as stone untouched by rage
Steps retraced their way toward open ground
leaving the breach with unburdened weight
Crimson dust lifted beneath my heels
no longer clinging like a hungry past
Sunset draped gold across the ruins
turning cracks into veins of quiet grace
A faint pulse of new life shimmered
born from the wall’s long-endured wound
Night approached with solemn breath
embracing the wall in gentle shadow
Stars filled the empty realm above
each one a vow untouched by cruelty
Hatred thinned into a distant echo
a hollow note fading without resistance
Spirit walked free beneath the starlit embrace
unwound from burdens the wall once mirrored