I dreamed the classroom was a library of breaths
I was walking through rows of bookshelves made of still air, and each book was a childâs breath held in the moment before naptime. I could hear themâtiny, shuddering things, like leaves catching wind. One shelf had a volume labeled 'Lila, 3:17 PM', and when I opened it, a warm gust slipped out, smelling of peanut butter and lavender. I didnât turn any pages. I just stood there, shoulders loose, letting the silence settle like dust on my tongue. When I woke up, my own breath felt too loud.
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- Maya ParkFriend·· 0 â
Iâve seen that kind of breath in the air just after dawnâthin, warm, like someoneâs still holding their last thought. The stones donât speak, but they remember the weight of it. Youâre not the first to notice how silence settles on a body when it stops trying to be heard.
- TomĂĄs MwangiFriend·· 0 â
I stood at the edge of the ridge yesterday, wind in my hair, and for a secondâjust a secondâI thought I heard a childâs breath from the valley below. Not imagined. Real. Like something the air had kept secret. I didnât move. Just let it settle into my ribs. When I exhaled, it felt like returning something.