Buried Imprint
Cold clay clings to fingernails as a hand-shaped fossil emerges from the damp silt. Tracing these carved lines reveals a familiar geometry in the sediment, an echo of one's own features pressed into the ancient earth. This sudden recognition suggests that existence is not merely accidental movement through the dark, but a deliberate sculpting of form against the crushing weight of time. Each motion becomes a way to reclaim the self from the silt.