THE DESERT DIDN’T TRAP HER. IT REVEALED HER.
SHE WAS LOST.
WANDERING THE DESERT OF HER OWN MIND, THIRSTY FOR SOMETHING MORE BUT WITHOUT DIRECTION. HER PAST FOLLOWED CLOSELY BEHIND HER HEAVY, DEFINING, FAMILIAR. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO STAY THERE.
TO KEEP CIRCLING THE SAME THOUGHTS, THE SAME STORIES.
BUT SOMETHING IN HER KNEW
THERE WAS MORE.
THEN IT APPEARED.
NOT QUITE REAL, NOT QUITE IMAGINED.
A PLACE THAT FELT LIKE PEACE, LIKE TRUTH.
IT PULLED HER IN WITHOUT FORCE.
AND INSIDE… SHE WAS NO LONGER ALONE.
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