The Untold Wind

As the reel turns, a lone cactus sways, scripting secrets in the caressing desert breeze.

Two silhouettes traverse an endless expanse, footsteps echoing memories caught in film grain.

A palimpsest shadow plays across an empty bench—once cradling stories whispered by long-gone friends.

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The clock tolls thrice, dim echoes of laughter veiling forgotten hopes clinging to pulled strings.

The horizon bleeds into night, where whispers of the untold mingle with the starlit symphony.

— In the stillness, the specter of a question lingers: Where do shadows dream? An eternal inquiry.