The wind carries whispers from faraway lands,

Through the trees and over soft sands.

It hums of mountains kissed by the sky,

And rivers that sing as they rush by.

A tale of stars that silently gleam,

And dreams that drift like a fragile stream.

Of hearts that wander, seeking the light,

In the tender embrace of the velvet night.

The world, a canvas painted so wide,

Each breeze a brushstroke, a se...

While chasing your ghost, I became one myself,

A shadow lost on a forgotten shelf.

Your whispers lingered in the midnight air,

Leading me deeper, though you weren’t there.

I followed your footsteps, faint and cold,

Through paths where memories silently unfold.

The echoes called, a haunting refrain,

Each step closer, yet bound by pain.

The mirror showed a hollowed face,

Eyes like wells, empty of ...

The thick, sulfuric air clung to Dr. Elena Voss’s faceplate as she stepped off the shuttle ramp. Beneath her boots, the ashen soil of Gliese-712c crunched like brittle glass. The landscape was an eerie, monochromatic expanse, dotted with jagged outcrops of obsidian-like rock that reflected faintly under the dim red sun. Her team fanned out behind her, scanners buzzing as they began the monotonous ...