A Cry That Broke the Silence

In the heart of a dying forest, beneath a sky that had long forgotten how to weep, a woman fought to bring life into a world that had almost given up on itself.

The earth beneath her was cracked, brittle—like old scars that never healed. The trees stood hollow and silent, their branches like skeletal hands reaching for a mercy that never came. No rain had touched this land for years. Not a drop.