Whisperling silver A hand lingers where it

A hand lingers where it shouldn’t

darker where the water has had its way

the hush that settles when the wind moves too softly

someone calling from a distance he doesn’t answer

roots threading through mortar

Whisperling silver A hand lingers where itBarely there, barely heard a breath caught between this world and the next. Whisperling is what they call the smallest ginkgo leaves: the ones that never fully opened, curled inward as if clutching a secret too fragile for daylight. This one was found in a place where no ginkgo should grow, at the edge of a glade that never quite feels empty. Some say its a calling card from the spirit folk, left for those who dare to listen not with ears, but with