Etched Intentions

Fine grit settles into deep, serrated notches carved across the mahogany desk's surface. These gouges mimic fossilized imprints, marking where heavy pressure once met resistant grain and left permanent, abrasive scars. Each indentation suggests that even when one yields to the dark, every movement leaves a structural debt within the wood. Now, as the light fades, a single mote drifts through the silence to rest among these jagged ridges.