Faint Symmetry
Lilac blossoms on aging wallpaper gradually fill the mind’s eye, eclipsing the events they once framed. A phantom sweetness of burnt sugar rises with attention to this repeating design, less a recollection than an echo held within the plaster and wood. Focusing reveals not clarity but a deepening pattern; each selected detail seems to draw forth others, subtly reshaping what is remembered—or perhaps, constructing it anew. Sunbeams warm the walls, yet a sense remains of something expectant in their stillness.