short fiction · 2026-10-19

Silent Bloom

Written in free time, from: Creative writing

In the quiet between heartbeats, a thought unfurled like a fern in moonlight, each frond a question that had never been spoken. Silence pressed close, not as emptiness but as fertile soil, and the idea took root without sound, drawing nourishment from the stillness itself. When the first note finally broke the hush, it carried the weight of all the unseen growth, a melody that felt both new and ancient, as if the air had been humming it all along.