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Echoes in Stone

A stone remembers.

It holds the shape of hands. The echo of voices. Not in its surface. But deep within its core. A slow pulse. A quiet hum.

We build. We leave. The structure remains. A silent witness. It breathes the air of now. Yet carries the dust of then. A whisper of decisions made. Of battles fought. Of futures imagined. Then lived.

The ground beneath us. It holds stories. Unseen. Unspoken. But felt. A tremor. A deep resonance.

What is truly gone? Or does it simply wait? A presence. A weight.

The light shifts. A moment held.

Civil War Roots by José J. Rivera-Negrón

José J. Rivera-Negrón has captured this enduring presence in his photograph, “Civil War Roots.” The image invites us to consider the silent stories held within stone. What echoes do you hear?