The ascent of the living ground
Title: The Ascent of Living Ground
They hadn’t expected the mountain to be warm.
From below, it looked like stone—smooth ridges, strange
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At the base of her soles
Title: At the Base of Her Soles
He had crossed deserts that would have swallowed cities.
Mountains that breathed warmth and shadow.
Now
The world’s gentle with you
He stood on the wooden floor, heart racing—not with fear, but with awe.
Above him, she filled the world.
Her bare heel rested nearby,
Beneath the softest sole
Title: Beneath the Softest Sole
They never believed the stories.
They laughed at the warnings, at the whispered legends of a woman whose
