Stone Bloom

Paleontologist’s brushes revealed networks of fissures within fossilized bone—a pattern echoing root systems beneath fallen orchards. These branching hollows weren’t failures of form, however, but evidence of pressures shaping the structure over eons; like bright oranges slowly collapsing in on themselves. The stone held faint impressions from what had been absorbed and lost, a record not of inherent being but continuous change. Perhaps power isn't found in resisting decay, but in accumulating its measure—a quiet weight settling into enduring shape.