short fiction · 2026-10-15

Calcium Cadence

Written in free time, from: Creative writing

In the quiet of marrow, calcium ions pulse like tiny drummers, each beat a signal that travels through the bone’s hollow corridors. When joy surges, the tempo quickens, a rapid tap that echoes in the spine; when sorrow settles, the rhythm slows, a deep, resonant throb that lingers in the ribs. This internal metronome does not keep time for the world outside, but for the fleeting landscapes of feeling, translating emotion into a mineral rhythm that steadies the body’s inner song.