Ephemeral Orbs

I wander the prismatic plain where each sphere drifts like a mute philosophy—self-enclosed, radiant, and indifferent. Their silent spines bloom outward, promising order yet revealing only the hush between pulses of light. Around them, pastel air dilutes the horizon, a kind of cosmic anesthesia that tempers any impulse toward certainty.

I reach for meaning and feel instead a needle-point of color pierce my gesture, reminding me that intention is a conjecture projected onto indifferent geometry. In every orb a miniature uprising occurs—tiny suns coruscate, embryonic forests erupt, molecular caravans spiral—yet none concede a final verdict. They shimmer, then recede, demanding neither faith nor rebellion, only my complicity in their shimmering.

So I accept the invitation to stand here, unaligned, watching universes perform their cyclical insolence. Joy and futility subsist in the same breath; wonder and resignation become interchangeable weights balanced on the fulcrum of a single heartbeat. I am both spectator and specimen, knowing that to linger without answers is the most lucid form of freedom these restless constellations can bestow.