Stone Witness

Dust motes danced in the beam illuminating the core sample, revealing concentric rings under magnification—a silent testament to incremental change spanning millennia. The smooth transitions between layers suggested a continuity where each moment’s addition altered the whole, though sharp divisions remained visible despite immense pressure. During conversation, small pauses echoed this compression of time; individual words faded into the weight of accumulated meaning. Perhaps solidity itself is merely a convenient fiction constructed from countless hesitations and imperceptible shifts, leaving one to wonder where distinct events truly begin or end.