Calcified Remains

Grit from bone-dust scrapes against skin as an ammonite shell splits, revealing a hollow spiral where life once coiled in tight, rhythmic loops. This sudden cleavage mimics the sensation of oxidized iron wire tightening around a core of pulverized limestone. To press fingertips into the cool silt is to feel how every movement leaves a trace, building something new from what has already been discarded and left to harden.