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Fragments of Light
i. Blue luster radiates under Divine Darkness’s blanket. Golden light glares from brightened hallways, seeping through the threshold as shadows walk past and eyelids close tighter. Fragments of broken glass glisten while Spider Woman spins her crystalline webs— soft knocks at the door, and Shinálí rouses me from a deep slumber entwined in the ancestral plane. ii. A scuffed metal head gleams under Jóhonaa’éí while fingers clutch the plastic yellow handle, tight as a guarded secret. The old, dirty ax rises to strike wood. Breath after breath, ore bites into pine stumps. Sweat gathers on the back, soaking an oversized sweater. iii. Shá bitł’óół gazes into many twinkling eyes of quartz as canyon walls unveil hues of crimson and burnt orange. Heavy breaths linger, moistening rugged stones. Above, clouds drape the sky, where bright blue dissipates behind dark clouds and rain beads along brows. Stand on rocky edges as flooding waters roar. Wait for the squall’s wrath to carry guilt’s weight. iv. A flash of white, lightning threads the nightosphere as thunder breathes heavy like animal hide humming from drums pounding through the midnight hour. Drizzles of Male Rain cascade like dark strands unraveling from a tsiiyééł. Vivid droplets in night’s cover brush strokes revealing sheen. Rain taps rhythmically on the window as eyelids close.