Gold Standard, by Barry Steven GreffThe Heaven on Earth
Don’t we imagine heaven in our mind like this and that? Doesn’t it sooth our soul when we experience something nearer to heaven in our imaginative mind? Well it definitely does. The very picture of heaven in our mind is molded into the art…
The Weight of Softness
The smell of damp earth always brings me back to the underside of a leaf, where the air is thick and cool, like velvet pressed against the cheek. I remember the sensation of dew—a sudden, sharp chill that blooms into a slow, spreading warmth…
The Hum Beneath the Skin
The city has a pulse that you feel in your teeth before you ever hear it. It is the vibration of iron against iron, a low, metallic thrum that travels up through the soles of your shoes and settles in your marrow. I remember standing on a platform,…