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The Suspended Refuge
Veranda under heavy rain among tropical plants; on the table an oil lamp and two hands around a bowl

Story 12 of 48, about 4 minutes to read

Beneath the Veil of Water

A refuge in the green heart of an endless rain

You are sheltered on a veranda, hands resting on a dark wooden table, while a rain that seems endless falls on the garden. There is nothing to do and nothing to decide: only listening.

There are no minutes to count, no hours in flight: there is only the wide breathing of the rain, a present that expands, enveloping, almost eternal.

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