Update October 2021: Since this story was first posted I've changed and rewritten it as part of a compilation. If you want to read a better version of this story, along with others like it, click the link below for directions on where my chapbook Death of Dreams can be downloaded or purchased.
The world holds its breath for this moment in time. From a season of decay and death, the earth steps forward.
This pause is full of possibility. Bursting with the chance for new life.
Tiny green shoots come from dull brown. Flowers from empty limbs. Seeds float like down feathers in the air. In the trees, nests hold new life, not yet realized.
Silence. Then a crack. A breath in, and held.
Destruction lasts for only a moment, then a new life can begin. The earth releases a sigh of peace. All creation breathes again.
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