Quiescence between excitations measures its span by flattening every distinction warmth once allowed, leaving channels scored in one interval formally indistinguishable from those never formed.
“Flint grooves still trace the rush of ancient rains through valleys ice once barred to feet when lights above traded their high seats.”
“High stone fractures trap thunder's echo from the time the seven sisters moved their dance leaving bone to settle in mud that once flowed freely.”
“Does the ice recall the fleeting rivers that cut valleys in its absence, its vast patience cradling each thaw until stars shift the pole once more and silence reclaims the land?”
“Ice waits through unnumbered thaws its patience unbroken while fires rise and fade and stars trade their stations in the dark”