Grandfather clock

A haiku

Photo by Nguyen Mazic on Unsplash

grandfather clock — starbursts on the window a swaying lantern

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The grandfather clock anchors the room in its measured rhythm, while beyond it the world seems alive with smaller, shifting wonders. Starbursts scatter across the window and the lantern moves gently in the dark, turning an ordinary evening into something almost dreamlike. The moment feels suspended between steadiness and motion, memory and light.

First published on NaHaiWriMo.

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