Lava field

A haiku

Photo by Nico Meier on Unsplash

lava field the growing heat of her ringless finger

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The lava field radiates a slow, unrelenting warmth, ancient and indifferent to touch. Against it, the heat gathering in her bare finger feels newly awake — personal, restless, quietly insistent. What is missing becomes palpable here, as if absence itself conducts heat, turning the body into a site of realization rather than loss.

First published on NaHaiWriMo.

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