The Desert That Sang People’s Names
Echoes of the Self Across Emptiness
The dunes whispered every traveler’s name in voices they didn’t recognize. Some heard themselves as children; others heard the elders they had not yet become. No one left unchanged. The desert taught them: “You are more than the version of yourself you cling to.”
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