{"id":4597,"date":"2025-09-28T13:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axis-v.com\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:53:38","slug":"garden-of-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axis-v.com\/en\/garden-of-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"The Garden of Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A cycle of short poetic stories<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story One<\/strong>

Today, the leaf was thin as a tremor,
And in it beat the memory of all the unspoken words.
I touched the edge, and it seemed to breathe,
Like silence pleading to be named aloud.

We did not say \u201cI love you,\u201d we did not say \u201cwait\u201d \u2013
But the leaf preserved our voices in its veins.
And every time I hold it in my palm \u2013
You return again. Like autumn, that cannot help but come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story Two<\/strong>

Today, the leaf was soft as a breath
That did not dare to become a kiss.
We held it between our fingers \u2013
As if we knew it would break if we confessed.

It was silent, and so were we. But is the darkness empty when you are in it?
And every unuttered thought remained as a vein within it.
I asked no questions. You gave no answers.
We simply breathed into one another.
And in this leaf, the day was preserved where the heart was louder than words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story Three<\/strong>

Today, the leaf fell like an echo
That lost its source in the heights.
It carried the weight of an inexpressible mist
And was silent about those doors that opened in the muteness.

I picked it up \u2013 and felt the cold presence of something
That had already been, even if it hadn\u2019t happened yet.
In every one of its veins \u2013 my own essence,
Like a shadow breathing beside me, upon my shoulder\u2026
A shoulder that remembers a touch that had no name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story Four<\/strong>

You brought me a handful of leaves \u2013
Each one was a day, forgotten by everyone.
One \u2013 with laughter, the second \u2013 with dreams,
The third \u2013 from a morning when you were alone.

I did not ask: \u201cWhy do you give them away?\u201d \u2013 for I knew:
This is not a loss, but a ritual.
You simply placed into me all that I once could not hold\u2026 and could not accept.
And now there is a garden between us \u2013 invisible, but alive.
And anyone who says \u201cit is just leaves\u201d \u2013
Will never understand that we ourselves are poems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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