From The Other Side

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See.
Here’s where the image took me.

I have been standing at this wall for longer than I can say. It rises out of the clouds beneath my feet …. solid, peeling, inexplicable …. as though someone laid the foundations of a house directly on the sky. I do not question this. I have learned not to question what holds me up.

The door was already open when I arrived. From somewhere in that darkness, I watch my own hand reach forward into the light, offering these pale flowers …. not-quite-pink, almost-lavender …. to whoever might be standing on the other side of the threshold. I cannot see them. I can only extend my arm and trust that the gesture means something, that softness offered across a boundary does not simply fall away into clouds.

I reach through the dark
pale flowers, open palms
sky holding us both up

NAR©2026
#WDYS

This is “Reaching Out” by Paul Rodgers

What do you see # 344- 8 June, 2026

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