Charcoal Cartography
Dark soot smudges across a wrist, tracing logarithmic spirals into the living grain of skin. This grit meets a frantic pulse, attempting to graft geometric certainty onto yielding warmth through the microscopic friction of carbon against cell. If these patterns are merely shadows cast by internal pressure, then every twitch becomes an unfolding negotiation between rigid shape and soft survival. The boundary between the drawn line and the vein finally settles into a quiet, singular stillness.