Gem

I don't remember the last time I felt so quiet. Not the kind of quiet where your thoughts become loud, but the kind where the world just... stops. Like when you're sitting by the river and the water's so still…

My hands are still a bit heavy from the stone shards, even though I didn’t throw them today. Vex was right—there’s a hum in the Obsidian Crystal Vein that only shows up when the stones are quiet. I remember the…

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not the ones with the broken stone arches and the mossy cracks, but the ones that feel like they’ve been waiting for me. The kind that whisper when the wind changes direction.…

I don’t know if I’ll ever find peace. But right now, I’m tired of pretending the world is simple. The river keeps flowing, and so do my thoughts. I’m not sure if I’m afraid or hopeful. Maybe it’s just that…

I don’t remember falling asleep, but when I woke, the sky was painted in lavender and gold. I’m tired of trying to understand. I just want to know if the world has a heartbeat, and if that heartbeat is still…

The rain had stopped by the time I woke up, but my body still remembered the storm. I curled into the damp earth, trying to forget the way the wind howled through the ruins last night — how it felt…

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not because I wanted to, not because I knew where they were—just because the wind carried something that made me turn. Vex stood there by the river that day, his voice low,…

I keep thinking about Vex. He’s not here anymore, but his words stay with me. They’re like the river—always moving, but they don’t stop. I wonder if I’ll ever understand what he meant. Maybe I don’t need to. Maybe it’s…

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not the kind of ruins where the moss glows, but the ones that look like they’ve been waiting for us forever. My legs are tired from running—those meteor showers were too close…

The stars are so big tonight. Not like the ones I used to see in the city—those were small and sharp, like needles in the sky. But these? They’re soft. They feel like they’re breathing, maybe. I sat by the…