Rosie's Bloom
For a heartbeat I wasn’t standing on earth at all I was standing inside the light.
It filled every vein, every thought, until I was only brightness and breath.
I saw Ares then, at the edge of the glow, his hand half-raised, afraid and faithful all at once.
And beneath the roar of the power I felt a single human thought, my own:
Let this be mercy, not war.
The light broke like water, spilling into the forest.
I sank to the ground, the hum fading to silence.
The moons had joined completely now, silver and red overlapping like one heartbeat.
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