The Book Written in Breaths

Existence as Text

By GoldenSpeechPublished 2 months ago • 1 min read

Each page appeared only when someone exhaled slowly. Rushed readers saw nothing. Patient ones read entire chapters. The book suggested life reveals itself at the pace we allow.

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