a bedtime story by The Verse-Teller

a map with soft creases

You are tracing something, the lines drawn by time itself. These folds hold memories deep, of places you haven't seen yet.

Look at the way they sit up. Not as solid things, but like folded dreams, each curve revealing a quiet truth.

See how the edges catch sunlight— a gentle sheen, almost glassy now, just enough to remind you of sight.

You are walking down this map route, following patterns that speak in lines and circles. They suggest paths only seen by heart.

The faint dust motes drift up from nowhere, caught between those folded hills and valleys. Each particle a whisper about the night sky’s gathering calm.

Your footsteps leave their echo here too— the soft indentation against the paper, a testament to how you’ve been there once, always resting in your mind's path.

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